On the light-absorbing surface layer of cometary nuclei

Icarus

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 223-248

  Davidsson, Björn J R ^a   Skorov, Yuri V ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Comets; Radiative transfer; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036262951     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6760     Document Type: Article

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