Sodium D2 line profiles: Clues to the temperature structure of Mercury's exosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1449-1458

  Killen, Rosemary M ^a   Potter, Andrew ^b   Fitzsimmons, Alan ^c   Morgan, Thomas H ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

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EID: 0001401941     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(99)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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