Nanometer hypervelocity dust impacts in low Earth orbit

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Carpenter, J D ^a   Stevenson, T J ^a   Fraser, G W ^a   Bridges, J C ^a   Kearsley, A T ^b   Chater, R J ^c   Hainsworth, S V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; EARTH ROTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 35348945980     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002923     Document Type: Article

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