Asymmetries in the distribution of H2O and CO2 in the inner coma of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 as observed by Deep Impact

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-356

  Feaga, L M ^a   A'Hearn, M F ^a   Sunshine, J M ^a   Groussin, O ^a   Farnham, T L ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

coma; Comet Tempel 1; Comets; Infrared observations; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548637277     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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