The nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Shape and geology from two flybys

Icarus

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-466

  Thomas, P ^a   A'Hearn, M ^b   Belton, M J S ^c   Brownlee, D ^d   Carcich, B ^a   Hermalyn, B ^e   Klaasen, K ^f   Sackett, S ^a   Schultz, P H ^e   Veverka, J ^a   Bhaskaran, S ^f   Bodewits, D ^g   Chesley, S ^f   Clark, B ^h   Farnham, T ^c   Groussin, O ⁱ   Harris, A ^j   Kissel, J ^k   Li, J Y ^b   Meech, K ^l   Melosh, J ^m   Quick, A ⁿ   Richardson, J ^m   Sunshine, J ^b   Wellnitz, D ^b   more..

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Belton Space Exploration Initiatives LLC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research ^*  (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^m PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets, Nucleus; Geological processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873524777     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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