The SMART-1 lunar impact

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-38

  Burchell, M J ^a   Robin Williams, R ^a   Foing, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes; Moon, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950025119     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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