Chandrayaan-1: Science goals

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 701-709

  Bhandari, N ^a,b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b Basic Sciences Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Chadrayaan 1; Imaging payloads; Mineralogy; Radioactivity; Radon; Surface composition

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IMAGING METHOD; LUNAR SOIL; MINERALOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 33747876225     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715953     Document Type: Article

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