Distribution and abundance of sodium in Mercury's atmosphere, 1985-1988

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 506-527

  Sprague, A L ^a   Kozlowski, R W H ^a   Hunten, D M ^a   Schneider, N M ^b   Domingue, D L ^c   Wells, W K ^a   Schmitt, W ^a   Fink, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0031256765     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5784     Document Type: Article

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