3He in permanently shadowed lunar polar surfaces

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 778-779

  Cocks, Franklin Hadley ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

3He; Lunar poles; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649237212     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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