Wild 2 and interstellar sample collection and Earth return

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Tsou, P ^a   Brownlee, D E ^b   Sandford, S A ^c   Horz F ^d   Zolensky, M E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet coma dust; Intact capture; Interstellar dust; Sample return; Silica aerogel; Wild 2

Indexed keywords

COMET; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPLANETARY DUST; SAMPLING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 17944386273     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002109     Document Type: Article

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