The destruction of heterogeneous cometary grains as the possible cause of variations and outbursts of comets' brightness

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 457-462

  Gronkowski, Piotr ^a  

^a Pedagogical University Rzeszów   (Poland)

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EID: 0035624791     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013102922986     Document Type: Article

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