Mass and Energy Balance in the Near-Surface Layers of a Cometary Nucleus

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-188

  Skorov, Yu V ^a,b   Komle N I ^c   Markiewicz, W J ^a   Keller, H U ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Österreichische Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Comet nuclei; Energy balance; Ice; Porous materials; Rosetta mission; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001288923     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6134     Document Type: Article

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