Observing planets and small bodies in sputtered high-energy atom fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Milillo, A ^a   Orsini, S ^a   Hsieh, K C ^b   Baragiola, R ^c   Fama, M ^c   Johnson, R ^c   Mura, A ^a   Plainaki, C ^a   Sarantos, M ^d   Cassidy, T A ^e   De Angelis, E ^a   Desai, M ^f   Goldstein, R ^f   Ip, W H ^g   Killen, R ^d   Livi, S ^f  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79961197385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016530     Document Type: Article

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