Evidence for liquid water on comets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5906, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-19

  Sheldon, Robert B ^a   Hoover, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Comet; Deep Impact; Geysers; Liquid water; Orbital dynamics; Rosetta; Splitting; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

GEYSERS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; ORBITS; PLANETS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER;

ASTROBIOLOGY; COMETS; DEEP IMPACT; LIQUID WATER; ROSETTA; SPLITTING;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 29844455477     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.624092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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