High energy X-γ ray spectrometer on the Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 733-738

  Goswami, J N ^a   Banerjee, D ^a   Bhandari, N ^a   Shanmugam, M ^a   Acharya, Y B ^a   Subhedar, D V ^a   Sharma, M R ^b   Umapathy, C N ^b   Sreekumar, P ^b   Sudhakar, M ^b   Abraham, L ^b   Agrawal, P C ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chandrayaan 1; Chemical composition; High energy X rays; Thorium distriburion on Moon; Volatile transport

Indexed keywords

MOON; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTROMETER; X-RAY;

EID: 33747892850     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02715958     Document Type: Article

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