Capability of the penetrator seismometer system for lunar seismic event observation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 751-763

  Yamada, R ^a,b   Yamada, I ^c   Shiraishi, H ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Takagi, Y ^d   Kobayashi, N ^e   Takeuchi, N ^b   Ishihara, Y ^f   Murakami, H ^g   Yomogida, K ^h   Koyama, J ^h   Fujimura, A ^a   Mizutani, H ^a,i  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MITUTOYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Newton Press Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lunar exploration; Moonquake; Penetrator; Planetary seismology; Seismometer

Indexed keywords

LUNAR EXPLORATION; MOONQUAKE; PENETRATOR; PLANETARY SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOMETER;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LANDING; LUNAR LANDING; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRAJECTORIES;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 67349109121     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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