Radar observations of Comet 2P/Encke during the 2003 apparition

Icarus

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-183

  Harmon, John K ^a   Nolan, Michael C ^a  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Radar; Surfaces, comets

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844382686     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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