Selection of the landing site in Isidis Planitia of Mars probe Beagle 2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Bridges, J C ^a   Seabrook, A M ^b   Rothery, D A ^b   Kim, J R ^c   Pillinger, C T ^b   Sims, M R ^d   Golombek, M P ^e   Duxbury, T ^e   Head, J W ^f   Haldemann, A F C ^e   Mitchell, K L ^c,g   Muller, J P ^c   Lewis, S R ^h   Moncrieff, C ^a   Wright, I P ^b   Grady, M M ^a   Morley, J G ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beagle 2; Isidis; Mars Express; Mars Lander

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0037533729     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001820     Document Type: Article

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