Characterizing electron bombardment of Europa's surface by location and depth

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-290

  Wesley Patterson, G ^a   Paranicas, Chris ^a   Prockter, Louise M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Jupiter, Satellites; Magnetospheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862330534     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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