Modeling the Dynamics of Cometary Fragments: Application to Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-181

  Desvoivres, E ^a   Klinger, J ^a   Levasseur Regourd, A C ^b   Jones, G H ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comets; Dynamics; Hyakutake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001258106     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6272     Document Type: Article

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