Estimating the nucleus density of Comet 19P/Borrelly

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 392-408

  Davidsson, Björn J R ^a   Gutiérrez, Pedro J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Comets; Interiors

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144353978     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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