Physical risks of landing on a cometary nucleus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 665-680

  Kuhrt E ^a   Knollenberg, J ^a   Keller, H U ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0040560440     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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