The endurance lifetime of ice fragments in cometary streams

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-29

  Beech, Martin ^a   Nikolova, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0005694322     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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