Radar properties of comets: Parametric dielectric modeling of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 925-939

  Heggy, Essam ^a   Palmer, Elizabeth M ^b   Kofman, Wlodek ^c,d   Clifford, Stephen M ^e   Righter, Kevin ^f   Hérique, Alain ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^d Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

^e LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets, Composition; Comets, Dust; Experimental techniques; Ices; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867810391     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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