A multi-wavelength study of parent volatile abundances in Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN)

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 589-598

  DiSanti, Michael A ^a   Villanueva, Geronimo L ^a,b   Milam, Stefanie N ^c   Zack, Lindsay N ^d   Bonev, Boncho P ^a,b   Mumma, Michael J ^a   Ziurys, Lucy M ^d   Anderson, William M ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets, Composition; Comets, Origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949084154     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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