Reconstruction of the trajectory of the Huygens probe using the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI)

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 586-600

  Colombatti, G ^a   Withers, P ^b,c   Ferri, F ^a   Aboudan, A ^a   Ball, A J ^c   Bettanini, C ^a   Gaborit, V ^d   Harri, A M ^e   Hathi, B ^c   Leese, M R ^c   Makinen, T ^e   Stoppato, P L ^f   Towner, M C ^c   Zarnecki, J C ^c   Angrilli, F ^a   Fulchignoni, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric entry; Data reduction techniques; Huygens; Titan

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DATA REDUCTION; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; HUYGENS PROBE; PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT;

SPACE PROBES;

EID: 41149123877     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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