Surface temperature of the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Groussin, O ^a   A'Hearn, M F ^a   Li, J Y ^a   Thomas, P C ^b   Sunshine, J M ^a   Lisse, C M ^c   Meech, K J ^d   Farnham, T L ^a   Feaga, L M ^a   Delamere, W A ^e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Delamere Support Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; nucleus; origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846853977     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

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