Exospheres and planetary escape

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 130, Issue , 2002, Pages 191-202

  Hunten, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84967480443     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/130GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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