Solar eclipses of Phobos and Deimos observed from the surface of Mars

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7047, 2005, Pages 55-57

  Bell III, J F ^a   Lemmon, M T ^b   Duxbury, T C ^c   Hubbard, M Y H ^a   Wolff, M J ^d   Squyres, S W ^a   Craig, L ^c   Ludwinski, J M ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SOLAR DISK; SOLAR ECLIPSES; SYNCHRONOUS ROTATION; TIDAL DISSIPATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MARS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CAMERA; IMAGING; LATITUDE; MEASUREMENT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 22044452974     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03437     Document Type: Article

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