The sodium tail of the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 409-417

  Matta, M ^a,b   Smith, S ^a   Baumgardner, J ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Martinis, C ^a   Mendillo, M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Meteors; Moon; Solar radiation; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049120977     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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