Radar measurements of Mercury's north pole at 70cm wavelength

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 224-229

  Black, G J ^a   Campbell, D B ^b   Harmon, J K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Arecibo Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Mercury; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955770127     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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