Upper limits for the Martian exospheric number density during the Planet B/Nozomi mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1473-1478

  Lammer, H ^a   Stumptner, W ^a,b   Bauer, S J ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0012596559     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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