Power and duration of impact flashes on the Moon: Implication for the cause of radiation

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Bouley, S ^a   Baratoux, D ^b,c   Vaubaillon, J ^a   Mocquet, A ^d   Le Feuvre, M ^d   Colas, F ^a   Benkhaldoun, Z ^f   Daassou, A ^f   Sabil, M ^f   Lognonne P ^e  

^a Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Impact processes; Meteors; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855813606     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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