A model for breakup of comet LINEAR (C/1999 S4)

Icarus

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 540-544

  Samarasinha, Nalin H ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: General; Comets: Individual (LINEAR C 1999 S4); Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035735442     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6685     Document Type: Article

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