Nucleus properties of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko estimated from non-gravitational force modeling

Icarus

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-477

  Davidsson, Björn J R ^a   Gutiérrez, Pedro J ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

67P Churyumov Gerasimenko; Bulk density; Comets; Dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644437363     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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