The role of sputtering and radiolysis in the generation of Europa exosphere

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 956-966

  Plainaki, C ^a   Milillo, A ^a   Mura, A ^a   Orsini, S ^a   Massetti, S ^a   Cassidy, T ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Jupiter, satellites; Satellites, surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857971084     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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