Radiation study of two very bright terrestrial bolides and an application to the comet S-L 9 collision with Jupiter

Icarus

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 484-510

  Borovicka J ^a   Spurny P ^a  

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EID: 0030160675     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0104     Document Type: Article

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