A discussion on impact models of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments with Jupiter from some observational results

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1279-1285

  Molina, A ^a,b   Moreno, F ^b   Munoz O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0010880185     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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