Remote sensing of a comet at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths from an orbiting spacecraft

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1050-1057

  Gulkis, Samuel ^a   Allen, Mark ^a   Backus, Charles ^a   Beaudin, Gérard ^b   Biver, Nicolas ^b   Bockelée Morvan, Dominique ^b   Crovisier, Jacques ^b   Despois, Didier ^c   Encrenaz, Pierre ^b   Frerking, Margaret ^a   Hofstadter, Mark ^a   Hartogh, Paul ^d   Ip, Wing ^e   Janssen, Mike ^a   Kamp, Lucas ^a   Koch, Timothy ^a   Lellouch, Emmanuel ^b   Mann, Ingrid ^f   Muhleman, Duane ^g   Rauer, Heike ^h   Schloerb, Peter ⁱ   Spilker, Thomas ^a   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Spacecraft instruments; Submillimeter spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TELESCOPES; WAVELENGTH;

COMETS; MICROWAVE INSTRUMENTS; PARABOLIC REFLECTOR TELESCOPES; SUBMILLIMETER SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249282389     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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