Soft x-ray emissions from planets, moons, and comets

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 514, 2002, Pages 215-226

  Bhardwaj, A ^a   Gladstone, G R ^b   Elsner, R F ^c   Waite Jr , J H ^d   Grodent, D ^p   Cravens, T E ^e   Howell, R R ^f   Metzger, A E ^g   Ostgaard, N ^h   Manurellis, A N ⁱ   Johnson, R E ^j   Weisskopf, M C ^c   Majeed, T ^d   Ford, P G ^k   Tennant, A F ^c   Clarke, J T ^l   Lewis, W S ^b   Hurley, K C ^h   Crary, F J ^d   Feigelson, E D ^m   Garmire, G P ^m   Young, D T ^d   Dougherty, M K ⁿ   Espinosa, S A ^o   Jahn, J M ^b   more..

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^p NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOON; PLANETS; SATELLITES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X-RAY EMISSIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036823796     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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