Cometary cryo-volcanism: Source regions and a model for the UT 2005 June 14 and other mini-outbursts on Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-207

  Belton, Michael J S ^a   Feldman, Paul D ^b   A'Hearn, Michael F ^c   Carcich, Brian ^d  

^a Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949083818     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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