Uranus and neptune atmospheric-entry probe study

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 799-805

  Tauber, M ^a   Wercinski, P ^a   Henline, W ^a   Paterson, J ^a   Yang, L ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Sterling Software   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCULATIONS; DECELERATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; HEAT SHIELDING; HEATING; THERMAL LOAD; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; CARBON PHENOLIC HEAT SHIELD MATERIAL; ENTRY FLIGHT PATH ANGLES; NEPTUNE; OUTER PLANET PROBES; URANUS;

SPACE PROBES;

EID: 0028508288     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.26515     Document Type: Article

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