The provenance and evolution of comets

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 57-68

  Bailey, M E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comets; Dynamics; Interstellar dust; Solar neutrino problem

Indexed keywords

COMET FORMATION; INTERSTELLAR DUST; PLANETESIMAL THEORY;

EID: 0029774482     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00117504     Document Type: Article

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