Structure and density of cometary nuclei

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1033-1047

  Weissman, Paul R ^a   Lowry, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56349134446     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00691.x     Document Type: Article

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