The morphology and surface processes of Comet 19/P Borrelly

Icarus

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Britt, D T ^a   Boice, D C ^b   Buratti, B J ^c   Campins, H ^a   Nelson, R M ^c   Oberst, J ^d   Sandel, B R ^e   Stern, S A ^b   Soderblom, L A ^f   Thomas, N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Physikalisches Institut ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comets; Geological processes; Regoliths; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642420541     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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