The ionosphere of Ganymede

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 327-336

  Eviatar, Aharon ^a   Vasyliunas, Vytenis M ^b   Gurnett, Donald A ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0347037832     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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