Swift ultraviolet photometry of the Deep Impact encounter with Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-131

  Mason, K O ^a,b   Chester, M ^c   Cucchiara, A ^c   Gronwall, C ^c   Grupe, D ^c   Hunsberger, S ^c   Jones, G H ^d   Koch, S ^c   Nousek, J ^c   O'Brien, P T ^e   Racusin, J ^c   Roming, P ^c   Smith, P ^a   Wells, A ^c,e   Willingale, R ^e   Branduardi Raymont, G ^a   Gehrels, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coma; Comet Tempel 1; Comets; composition; dust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846903862     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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