A search for large meteoroids in the Perseid stream

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 849-852

  Beech, Martin ^a   Nikolova, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033382634     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01402.x     Document Type: Article

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