The dust mass distribution of comet 81P/Wild 2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Green, S F ^a   McDonnell, J A M ^a   McBride, N ^a   Colwell, M T S H ^a   Tuzzolino, A J ^b   Economou, T E ^b   Tsou, P ^c   Clark, B C ^d   Brownlee, D E ^e  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

81P Wild 2; Cometary dust; DFMI; Dust Flux; Stardust

Indexed keywords

COMET;

EID: 14744298490     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002318     Document Type: Article

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