Navier-Stokes and direct Monte Carlo simulations of the circumnuclear coma II. Homogeneous, aspherical sources

Icarus

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 479-503

  Crifo, J F ^a   Loukianov, G A ^b   Rodionov, A V ^c   Zakharov, V V ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Central Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Comets; Structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038442139     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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