Cometary rotation: An overview

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 79, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 35-53

  Jewitt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Nucleus; Rotation

Indexed keywords

COMET;

EID: 0031546063     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006272914117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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