On the light-absorbing surface layer of cometary nuclei. II. Thermal modeling

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 239-258

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comets; Surfaces; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036752004     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6912     Document Type: Article

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