Excitation and ionization of sodium in meteoroid impacts on the Moon

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 394, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 723-727

  Carbognani, A ^a   Cremonese, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meteoroids; Meteors; Moon; Telescope

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IONIZATION; METEOR IMPACTS; MOON; SODIUM; TELESCOPES;

LUNAR EXOSPHERE; METEOR SHOWERS; METEOROIDS; SODIUM EXCITATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036842889     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021148     Document Type: Article

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