The Huygens probe: Science, payload and mission overview

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 59-100

  Lebreton, J P ^a   Matson, D L ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COSMOS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037903105     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023657127549     Document Type: Review

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