A portrait of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 23-66

  Lamy, Philippe L ^a   Toth, Imre ^a,g   Davidsson, Björn J R ^b   Groussin, Olivier ^c   Gutiérrez, Pedro ^d   Jorda, Laurent ^a   Kaasalainen, Mikko ^e   Lowry, Stephen C ^f  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b BOX 515   (Sweden)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g KONKOLY OBSERVATORY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

67P Churyumov Gerasimenko; Comet; Cometary nucleus; Rosetta space mission; Solar system

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ORBITS; PLANETARY LANDERS; ROTATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO; COMETARY NUCLEUS; COMETS; ROSETTA SPACE MISSIONS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 34249733095     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-007-9146-x     Document Type: Article

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