Impact Mechanics and Frequency of SL9-Type Events on Jupiter
β Scribed by Mark S. Roulston; Thomas J. Ahrens
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-1035
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