The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6247, 2015, Pages

  Auster, Hans Ulrich ^a   Apathy, Istvan ^b   Berghofer, Gerhard ^c   Fornacon, Karl Heinz ^a   Remizov, Anatoli ^a,d   Carr, Chris ^e   Güttler, Carsten ^f   Haerendel, Gerhard ^g   Heinisch, Philip ^a   Hercik, David ^a   Hilchenbach, Martin ^f   Kührt, Ekkehard ^h   Magnes, Werner ^c   Motschmann, Uwe ^a,h   Richter, Ingo ^a   Russell, Christopher T ⁱ   Przyklenk, Anita ^a   Schwingenschuh, Konrad ^c   Sierks, Holger ^g   Glassmeier, Karl Heinz ^a,g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^d Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE;

BOULDER; COMET; HOMOGENEITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNITUDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIPOLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84940434459     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa5102     Document Type: Article

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