Atmospheric entry profiles from the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Withers, Paul ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Atmospheres; Data reduction techniques; dynamics; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749261658     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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