An HST search for magnesium in the lunar atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 523-526

  Stern, S Alan ^a   Parker, Joel Wm ^a   Morgan, Thomas H ^a   Flynn, Brian C ^b   Hunten, Donald M ^c   Sprague, Ann ^c   Mendillo, Michael ^d   Festou, Michel C ^e  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

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EID: 0031161209     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5716     Document Type: Article

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