The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Deep Impact observations: Light curve, ejecta expansion rates and water spectral features

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-176

  Barber, Robert J ^a   Miller, Steve ^a   Stallard, Tom ^a   Tennyson, Jonathan ^a   Hirst, Paul ^b   Carroll, Tim ^b   Adamson, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Infrared observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846866061     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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