Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...211.4101f&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #41.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.791
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
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