Athena microscopic Imager investigation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Herkenhoff, K E ^a   Squyres, S W ^b   Bell III, J F ^b   Maki, J N ^c   Arneson, H M ^b   Bertelsen, P ^d   Brown, D I ^c   Collins, S A ^c   Dingizian, A ^c   Elliott, S T ^c   Goetz, W ^d   Hagerott, E C ^c   Hayes, A G ^b   Johnson, M J ^b   Kirk, R L ^a   McLennan, S ^e   Morris, R V ^f   Scherr, L M ^c   Schwochert, M A ^c   Shiraishi, L R ^c   Smith, G H ^g   Soderblom, L A ^a   Sohl Dickstein, J N ^b   Wadsworth, M V ^c   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g GHS Optics   (United States)

Author keywords

Athena; Camera; Mars Exploration Rover; Microscopic Imager; NASA

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MARS; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 1542349209     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002076     Document Type: Article

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