Connecting atmospheric science and atmospheric models for aerocapture at Titan and the outer planets

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 601-605

  Justus, C G ^a   Duvall, Aleta ^a   Keller, Vernon W ^b   Spilker, Thomas R ^c   Kae Lockwood, Mary ^d  

^a Stanley Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerocapture; Global reference atmospheric model; Neptune atmosphere; Neptune GRAM; Titan atmosphere; Titan GRAM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AEROCAPTURE; GLOBAL REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; NEPTUNE ATMOSPHERE; NEPTUNE-GRAM; TITAN ATMOSPHERE; TITAN-GRAM;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 15844364217     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.12.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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