Estimating the number of impact flashes visible on the Moon from an orbiting camera

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1871-1875

  Koschny, Detlef ^a   McAuliffe, Jonathan ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77950319761     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01996.x     Document Type: Article

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