Pluto's kinetic interaction with the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Delamere, P A ^a   Bagenal, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOIONIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SHOCK WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

ESCAPE RATES; PLUTO; SOLAR WIND;

PLANETS;

IONIZATION; PLUTO; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 2542483483     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018122     Document Type: Article

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