Ablation and chemistry of meteoric materials in the atmosphere of Titan

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 157-160

  English, M A ^a   Lara, L M ^b,c   Lorenz, R D ^a   Ratcliff, P R ^a   Rodrigo, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MICROCLIMATE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSMIC DUST; ELECTRONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SATURN; SILICATES;

EID: 0030308248     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(95)00774-9     Document Type: Article

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