New multi-find MHD model of comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup: Extrapolation to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Benna, Mehdi ^a   Mahaffy, P R ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIMULATORS;

CARTESIAN MESH; COMA; COMET; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33745850720     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026197     Document Type: Article

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