Mercury: Thermal Modeling and Mid-infrared (5-12 μm) Observations

Icarus

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-123

  Emery, J P ^a   Sprague, A L ^a   Witteborn, F C ^b   Colwell, J E ^c   Kozlowski, R W H ^d   Wooden, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001525935     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6012     Document Type: Article

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