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Encyclopedia of Planetary Science

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Fox, J.L. (1997). Airglow . In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4520-4_6

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