Physical aspect of an ”impact sensor” for the detection of cometary dust momentum onboard the ”Rosetta” space mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1159-1163

  Esposito, F ^a,b   Colangeli, L ^b   Della Corte, V ^b   Palumbo, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^c Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMETARY GRAINS;

SENSORS;

INTERPLANETARY DUST;

EID: 0036072209     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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