Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 : An active comet

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1271-1277

  Rettig, Terrence W ^a   Hahn, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0348178945     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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