Huygens Probe descent dynamics inferred from Channel B signal level measurements

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1886-1895

  Dzierma, Y ^a   Bird, M K ^a   Dutta Roy, R ^a   Pérez Ayúcar, Miguel ^b   Plettemeier, D ^c   Edenhofer, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Huygens; Probe dynamics; Radio science; Titan

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CONING MOTION; HUYGENS PROBE DESCENT DYNAMICS; PROBE SPIN; RADIO SCIENCE;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 35348874796     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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