A practical tool for simulating the presence of gas comae in thermophysical modeling of cometary nuclei

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-185

  Davidsson, Björn J R ^a   Skorov, Yuri V ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Comets, surfaces; Structure; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842484425     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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