Remote observations of the composition of cometary volatiles

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 19-32

  Crovisier, Jacques ^a   Bockelee Morvan D ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Comet; Composition; Ice; Molecule; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002713222     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4211-3_2     Document Type: Article

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