Cometary activity in 2060 Chiron at minimum brightness

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1325-1330

  Silva, Adrián M ^a,c   Cellone, Sergio A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Complejo Astron El Leoncito ^*  (Argentina)

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EID: 0035502009     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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