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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain

    José M. Madiedo

  2. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain

    José L. Ortiz

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Madiedo, J.M., Ortiz, J.L. (2019). Lunar Impact Flashes, Temperature. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_222-1

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