Lunar South pole illumination: Review, reassessment, and power system implications

Collection of Technical Papers - 5th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-24

  Fincannon, James ^a,b,c  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Power and Propulsion Office   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ILLUMINATION FRACTION;

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING;

EID: 35649008337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-4700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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