Note on the structure of comet nuclei

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 301-304

  Whipple, Fred L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 0001392403     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(98)00120-2     Document Type: Article

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