An instrument for in situ comet nucleus surface density profile measurement by gamma ray attenuation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 961-976

  Ball, Andrew J ^a,e   Gadomski, Stanislaw ^b   Banaszkiewicz, Marek ^b   Spohn, Tilman ^a   Ahrens, Thomas J ^c   Whyndham, Matthew ^d   Zarnecki, John C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035425839     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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