On the importance of dust in cometary nuclei

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 79-89

  Kuhrt E K ^a   Keller, H U ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMETARY NUCLEUS; DUST; ICY CONGLOMERATE MODEL;

EID: 0029729455     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00117506     Document Type: Article

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