Implementation of the first asteroid landing

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 433-438

  Dunham, David W ^a   Farquhar, Robert W ^a   McAdams, James V ^a   Holdridge, Mark ^a   Nelson, Robert ^a   Whittenburg, Karl ^a   Antreasian, Peter ^b   Chesley, Steven ^b   Helfrich, Clifford ^b   Owen, William M ^b   Williams, Bobby ^b   Veverka, Joseph ^c   Harch, Ann ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Eros; Orbits; Surface, asteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036798504     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6911     Document Type: Article

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