DISR imaging and the geometry of the descent of the Huygens probe within Titan's atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1896-1935

  Karkoschka, Erich ^a   Tomasko, Martin G ^a   Doose, Lyn R ^a   See, Chuck ^a   McFarlane, Elisabeth A ^a   Schröder, Stefan E ^b   Rizk, Bashar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Titan

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PIXELS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SPACE PROBES;

DESCENT IMAGER/SPECTRAL RADIOMETER (DISR); HUYGENS PROBE; TITAN;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 35348886065     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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