Langrenus: Transient Illuminations on the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 430-443

  Dollfus, Audouin ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Moon surface; Photometry; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041780459     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6395     Document Type: Article

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