Thin film surface treatments for lowering dust adhesion on Mars Rover calibration targets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Sabri, F ^a   Werhner, T ^b   Hoskins, J ^b   Schuerger, A C ^c   Hobbs, A M ^d   Barreto, J A ^e   Britt, D ^b   Duran, R A ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust adhesion; Mars Phoenix mission; Mars Rover; Thin film technology

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CALIBRATION; DUST; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION TARGETS; DUST ADHESION; LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; MARS PHOENIX MISSION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 36549041104     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.074     Document Type: Article

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