FIRBE: Far-infrared balloon-borne experiment

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1289-1295

  Shibai, H ^a,c   Arimura, S ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Teshima, T ^a   Doi, Y ^b   Nakagawa, T ^c   Narita, M ^c   Makiuti, S ^c   Hiromoto, N ^d   Fujiwara, M ^d   Okuda, H ^e   Itoh, A ^f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Gunma Astronomical Observatory   (Japan)

^f NTT DATA Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GALAXIES; MAPPING; TELESCOPES;

SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

BALLOONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION;

EID: 6444245336     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00545-8     Document Type: Article

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