The effect of using different scale lengths on the production rates of Comet 46P/Wirtanen

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-580

  Fink, U ^a   Combi, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOMETRY; VECTORS;

HASER SCALE LENGTHS; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1842423136     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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