The temperature sensor on the Huygens probe for the Cassini mission: Design, manufacture, calibration and tests of the laboratory prototype

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1149-1162

  Ruffino, G ^a   Castelli, A ^b   Coppa, P ^a   Cornaro, C ^a   Foglietta, S ^b   Fulchignoni, M ^c   Gori, F ^a   Salvini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 0008216103     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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