Calibration of the NEAR Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

Icarus

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-117

  Evans, Larry G ^a   Starr, Richard ^b   Trombka, Jacob I ^c   McClanahan, Timothy P ^c   Bailey, S H ^d   Mikheeva, Irina ^d   Bhangoo, Jasbir ^d   Brückner, Johannes ^e   Goldsten, John O ^f  

^a Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Gamma rays; Geochemistry; Instrumentation; NEAR mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002404284     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6461     Document Type: Article

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