Change in the rotational period of comet P/Tempel 2 between the 1988 and 1994 apparitions

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 463-477

  Mueller, Béatrice E A ^a   Ferrin, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0030268374     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0172     Document Type: Article

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