Comet 46P/Wirtanen, the target of the Rosetta mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1491-1504

  Rickman, H ^a   Jorda, L ^b  

^a BOX 515   (Sweden)

^b MPI fur Aeronomie   (Germany)

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EID: 0010996502     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00942-3     Document Type: Article

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