ROSETTA mission: Satellite orbits around a cometary nucleus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 649-671

  Scheeres, D J ^a   Marzari, F ^b   Tomasella, L ^b   Vanzani, V ^b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000691033     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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