Optical detection of meteoroidal impacts on the moon

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6789, 2000, Pages 921-923

  Ortiz, J L ^a   Sada, P V ^b   Rubio, L R Bellot ^c   Aceltuno, F J ^d   Aceltuno, J ^e   Gutierrez P J ^a   Thiele, U ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^d Ctro Astron Hispano Alemán ^*  (Spain)

^e CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO HISPANO ALEMÁN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; MOON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MOON; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034702295     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35016015     Document Type: Article

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