Quantitative model of the release of sodium from meteoroids in the vicinity of the Sun: Application to Geminids

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Čapek, David ^a   Borovička, Jiří ^a  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interplanetary dust; Meteors; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649989361     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

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