Mars environment and magnetic orbiter scientific and measurement objectives

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-89

  Leblanc, F ^a,s   Langlais, B ^b   Fouchet, T ^c   Barabash, S ^d   Breuer, D ^e   Chassefiere E ^a   Coates, A ^f   Dehant, V ^g   Forget, F ^h   Lammer, H ⁱ   Lewis, S ^j   Lopez Valverde, M ^k   Mandea, M ^l   Menvielle, M ^m   Pais, A ⁿ   Paetzold, M ^o   Read, P ^p   Sotin, C ^b   Tarits, P ^q   Vennerstrom, S ^r  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^h LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

ⁱ Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^j OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^l GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam   (Germany)

^m SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^r TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^s Réduit de Verriéres   (France)

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Author keywords

Atmosphere; Future space mission; Magnetic field; Mars; Solar wind; Surface

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETISM; MICROCLIMATE; PROCEDURES; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

ALTITUDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETICS; MARS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63049121669     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0222     Document Type: Article

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