Deep Impact Photometry of the Nucleus of Comet 9p/tempel 1
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McFadden , J. M. Sunshine , C. J. Crockett , T. L. Farnham , C. M. Lisse , P. C. Thomas , and the Deep Impact Science Team, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park MD ([email protected]), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Chantilly VA, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel MD, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006