X-ray emission from Comet McNaught-Hartley (C/1999 T1)

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 437-447

  Krasnopolsky, V A ^a   Christian, D J ^b   Kharchenko, V ^c   Dalgarno, A ^c   Wolk, S J ^c   Lisse, C M ^d   Stern, S A ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0036953535     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6965     Document Type: Article

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