A model for comet 81 P/Wild 2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Sekanina, Zdenek ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet activity; Comets; Nucleus modeling

Indexed keywords

COMET; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPLANETARY DUST; MODELING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 17944402513     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002093     Document Type: Article

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