Galileo PPR observations of Europa: Hotspot detection limits and surface thermal properties

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 763-769

  Rathbun, Julie A ^a   Rodriguez, Nathaniel J ^a   Spencer, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Satellites, Surfaces; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049528132     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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