Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...206.0501p&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #05.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.433
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
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