Spectroscopic observations of the sodium atmosphere of the Moon

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 417-420

  Contarini, G ^a   Barbieri, C ^a   Corrain, G ^a   Cremonese, G ^b   Vio, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0001363581     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-0633(95)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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