Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...201.5310c&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #53.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1197
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
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Curious Team
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