Huygens entry emission: Observation campaign, results, and lessons learned

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a   Witasse, Olivier ^b   Lebreton, Jean Pierre ^b   Blancquaert, Thierry ^b   de Pater, Imke ^c   Mazoue, Franck ^d   Roe, Henry ^e   Lemmon, Mark T ^f   Burratti, Bonnie J ^g   Holmes, Shadrian ^h   Noll, Keith ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AOES Group B V   (Netherlands)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

ⁱ STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PROBE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33751094298     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002603     Document Type: Article

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