The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: Scientific objectives and implementation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1445-1465

  Solomon, Sean C ^a   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^b   Gold, Robert E ^b   Acuña, Mario H ^c   Baker, Daniel N ^d   Boynton, William V ^e   Chapman, Clark R ^f   Cheng, Andrew F ^b   Gloeckler, George ^g,h   Head III, James W ⁱ   Krimigis, Stamatios M ^b   McClintock, William E ^d   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Peale, Stanton J ^j   Phillips, Roger J ^k   Robinson, Mark S ^l   Slavin, James A ^c   Smith, David E ^c   Strom, Robert G ^e   Trombka, Jacob I ^c   Zuber, Maria T ^m   more..

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^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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^g University of Maryland   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00085-X     Document Type: Article

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