Magnetospheric Ion sputtering: The case of Europa and its surface age

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1649-1652

  Ip, Wing Huen ^a,b   Kopp, A ^b   Williams, D J ^c   McEntire, R W ^c   Mauk, B H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOLOGY; HEAVY IONS; IONOSPHERE; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC MASS LOSS RATE; CRATER FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; ENERGETIC PARTICLE DETECTOR; EUROPA; ION SPUTTERING; JUPITER; SURFACE AGE; SURFACE EROSION RATE; SURFACE SPUTTERING EFFECT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0033701449     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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