The comet nucleus sounding experiment by radiowave transmission (CONSERT): A short description of the instrument and of the commissioning stages

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 413-432

  Kofman, W ^a   Herique, A ^a   Goutail, J P ^b   Hagfors, T ^c   Williams, I P ^d   Nielsen, E ^c   Barriot, J P ^e   Barbin, Y ^f   Elachi, C ^g   Edenhofer, P ^h   Levasseur Regourd, A C ^b   Plettemeier, D ⁱ   Picardi, G ^j   Seu, R ^j   Svedhem, V ^k  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

ⁱ DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j Infocom   (Italy)

^k EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Cometary interior; Radio tomography; Rosetta

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES;

COMETARY INTERIOR; RADIO TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOWAVE TRANSMISSION; SPACE MISSION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249700661     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9034-9     Document Type: Article

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