Interpretation of Pioneer 10 and Voyager 2 Ly α data: First results

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Gangopadhyay, P ^a   Izmodenov, V V ^b   Quemerais, E ^c   Gruntman, M A ^a   Judge, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Local interstellar medium; Ly data; Neutral hydrogen; Pioneer 10 and Voyager 2

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DENSITY OF GASES; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMETERS; SPACECRAFT;

NEUTRAL HYDROGEN DENSITY; VERY LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM (VLISM);

SPACE RESEARCH;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 2942734989     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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