From Kuiper Belt object to cometary nucleus

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 11-19

  Jewitt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; ORBITS; PLANETS; POROSITY; SATELLITES;

COMETS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036664459     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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