The distribution of water ice in the interior of Comet Tempel 1

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-294

  Sunshine, Jessica M ^a   Groussin, Olivier ^b   Schultz, Peter H ^c   A'Hearn, Michael F ^a   Feaga, Lori M ^a   Farnham, Tony L ^a   Klaasen, Kenneth P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets, composition; Infrared observations; Interiors; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548634003     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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