The Beagle 2 stereo camera system

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 1466-1482

  Griffiths, A D ^a   Coates, A J ^a   Josset, J L ^b   Paar, G ^c   Hofmann, B ^d   Pullan, D ^e   Ruffer P ^f   Sims, M R ^e   Pillinger, C T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Micro Cameras and Space Exploration   (Switzerland)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^g OpenUniversity ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beagle 2; Digital terrain models; Mars; Mars express; Mars landers; Panoramic imaging; Stereo imager; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); IMAGING SYSTEMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SOILS; STEREOPHONIC BROADCASTING;

BEAGLE 2; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS; MARS; MARS EXPRESS; MARS LANDERS; PANAROMIC IMAGING; STEREO IMAGER; WATER VAPOR;

CAMERAS;

EID: 28844478859     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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