Sodium at Europa

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-433

  Johnson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Europa; Jupiter; Magentosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000659102     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6327     Document Type: Article

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