Gas flow and dust acceleration in a cometary Knudsen layer

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 935-949

  Skorov, Yu V ^a,b   Rickman, H ^c  

^a KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c BOX 515   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001151334     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(99)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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