Rotational state of the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Results from Hubble Space Telescope observations in 2004

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-143

  Lamy, Philippe L ^a   Toth, Imre ^a,b   A'Hearn, Michael F ^c   Weaver, Harold A ^d   Jorda, Laurent ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b KONKOLY OBSERVATORY   (Hungary)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; Image processing; Photometry; Rotational dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846868263     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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