The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: Scientific payload

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1467-1479

  Gold, Robert E ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^a   Santo, Andrew G ^a   Abshire, James B ^c   Acuña, Mario H ^c   Afzal, Robert S ^c   Anderson, Brian J ^a   Andrews, G Bruce ^a   Bedini, Peter D ^d   Cain, John ^d   Cheng, Andrew F ^a   Evans, Larry G ^c   Feldman, William C ^e   Follas, Ronald B ^c   Gloeckler, George ^d,f   Goldsten, John O ^a   Hawkins III, S Edward ^a   Izenberg, Noam R ^a   Jaskulek, Stephen E ^a   Ketchum, Eleanor A ^c   Lankton, Mark R ^g   Lohr, David A ^a   Mauk, Barry H ^a   McClintock, William E ^g   Murchie, Scott E ^a   Schlemm II, Charles E ^a   Smith, David E ^c   Starr, Richard D ^c   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^d   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 14344284761     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00086-1     Document Type: Article

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