The NEAR-shoemaker x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer experiment: Overview and lessons learned

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1605-1616

  Trombka, J I ^a   Nittler, L R ^b   Starr, R D ^c   Evans, L G ^d   McCoy, T J ^e   Boynton, W V ^f   Burbine, T H ^e   Bruckner J ^g   Gorenstein, P ^h   Squyres, S W ⁱ   Reedy, R C ^j   Goldsten, J O ^k   Lim, L ⁱ   Hurley, K ^l   Clark, P E ^c   Floyd, S R ^a   McClanahan, T P ^a   McCartney, E ⁱ   Branscomb, J ⁱ   Bhangoo, J S ^e   Mikheeva, I ^e   Murphy, M E ^a   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035669548     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01852.x     Document Type: Article

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