Energy balance and the gas flux from the surface of comet 46P/Wirtanen

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 735-744

  Benkhoff, Johannes ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 0001716162     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(98)00138-x     Document Type: Article

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