Mapping sodium distribution in the exosphere of Mercury with tip-tilt image stabilization

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-603

  Potter, A E ^a   Plymate, C ^a,d   Keller, C ^a   Killen, R M ^b   Morgan, T H ^c  

^a NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric models; Exosphere; Exospheric models; Image stabilizer; Mercury; Sodium; Tip tilt

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MIRRORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; EXOSPHERE; EXOSPHERIC MODELS; IMAGE STABILIZER; TIP-TILT;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750375072     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.062     Document Type: Article

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