The conditions for liquid water in cometary nuclei

Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 303-314

  Podolak, Morris ^a   Prialnik, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33748894204     PISSN: 16108957     EISSN: 16131851     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-33088-7_10     Document Type: Article

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