A ballistics analysis of the Deep Impact ejecta plume: Determining Comet Tempel 1's gravity, mass, and density

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 176-209

  Richardson, James E ^a   Melosh, H Jay ^b   Lisse, Carey M ^c   Carcich, Brian ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; Cratering; Impact processes; nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349019262     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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