Transfer of mass from Io to Europa and beyond due to cometary impacts

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 636-646

  Alvarellos, José Luis ^a   Zahnle, Kevin J ^b   Dobrovolskis, Anthony R ^c   Hamill, Patrick ^d  

^a Safety and Mission Assurance Manager Space Systems Loral   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Europa; Impact processes; Io

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849086364     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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