Characteristics of the galileo probe entry site from earth-based remote sensing observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E10, 1998, Pages 22791-22814

  Orton, Glenn S ^a,k   Fisher, Brendan M ^b   Baines, Kevin H ^c   Stewart, Sarah T ^d   James Friedson, A ^e   Ortiz, Jose Luis ^f   Marinova, Milena ^g   Ressler, Michael ^a   Dayal, Aditya ^h   Hoffmann, William ⁱ   Hora, Joseph ^j   Hinkley, Sasha ^a   Krishnan, Viswanathan ^a   Masanovic, Milan ^a   Tesic, Jelena ^a   Tziolas, Andreas ^a   Parija, Kartik C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^h TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Optical Transmission System Department   (Yugoslavia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k Exel Internet Services   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032566864     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02380     Document Type: Article

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