The surface-bounded atmospheres of Mercury and the moon

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-406

  Killen, Rosemary M ^a   Ip, Wing H ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (PLANET); MOON; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); MOON; SPACECRAFT;

GROUND-BASED TECHNIQUES; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; INTERPLANETARY ENVIRONMENT; LUNAR EXOSPHERES; MISSION PLANNING; SOURCE AND SINK; SPACECRAFT MISSIONS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0033402564     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG900001     Document Type: Review

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