A crater and its ejecta: An interpretation of Deep Impact

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 586-597

  Holsapple, Keith A ^a   Housen, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; Cratering

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348984008     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.035     Document Type: Article

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