Lunar - A mission: Goals and status

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2315-2321

  Mizutani, H ^a   Fujimura, A ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Shiraishi, H ^a   Nakajima, T ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMOMETERS;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

HEAT FLOW; LUNAR MANTLE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOON; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SEISMOMETRY;

EID: 0141562313     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00542-8     Document Type: Article

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