Temperature variations across craters in the polar regions of the Moon and Mercury

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1497-1506

  Mukai, T ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Ishimoto, H ^a   Nakamura, R ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0009087312     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00348-7     Document Type: Article

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