Deep Impact's target Comet 9P/Tempel 1 at multiple apparitions: Seasonal and secular variations in gas and dust production

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 406-422

  Schleicher, David G ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

coma; Comet Tempel 1; Comets; composition; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548622019     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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