The internal structure of Jupiter family cometary nuclei from Deep Impact observations: The "talps" or "layered pile" model

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 332-344

  Belton, Michael J S ^a   Thomas, Peter ^b   Veverka, J ^b   Schultz, Peter ^c   A'Hearn, Michael F ^d   Feaga, Lori ^d   Farnham, Tony ^d   Groussin, Olivier ^d   Li, Jian Yang ^d   Lisse, Casey ^d   McFadden, Lucy ^d   Sunshine, Jessica ^d   Meech, Karen J ^e   Delamere, W Alan ^f   Kissel, Jochen ^g  

^a Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Delamere Support Services   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; Kuiper belt; nucleus; origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846891817     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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