On the aging of comets

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 69-78

  Whipple, Fred L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 1542412879     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00117505     Document Type: Article

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