BIMA array observations of comet Hyakutake : Upper limit to the 2.7 mm continuum emission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-734

  De Pater, Imke ^a   Snyder, Lewis E ^b   Mehringer, David M ^c   Wright, Melvyn ^a   Veal, Jeffrey M ^b   Fernández, Yanga R ^e   Palmer, Patrick ^d   A'Hearn, Michael F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0009973843     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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