An analytical model for a transient vapor plume on the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 383-392

  Davis, Sanford S ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Moon; Photometry; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649979998     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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