Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 - size, origin, and plumes: Comparison of numerical analysis with observations

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 317-330

  Takata, Toshiko ^a   Ahrens, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031071111     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5616     Document Type: Article

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