Soft entry of micrometeorites at grazing incidence or by aerocapture

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Hunten, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0031232485     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5765     Document Type: Article

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