Observational constraints on surface characteristics of comet nuclei

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 89, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 117-134

  Campins, Humberto ^a   Fernández, Yanga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Nuclei; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; COLOR; COMET; REFLECTANCE; SURFACE;

EID: 0036960223     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021590203207     Document Type: Article

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