Identification of the lunar flash of 1953 with a fresh crater on the Moon's surface

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 192-197

  Buratti, Bonnie J ^a,b   Johnson, Lane L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes; Moon, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037220525     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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