The scientific rationale for the C1XS X-ray spectrometer on India's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the moon

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 725-734

  Crawford, I A ^a   Joy, K H ^a,b,c   Kellett, B J ^b   Grande, M ^d   Anand, M ^c,e   Bhandari, N ^f   Cook, A C ^d   d'Uston, L ^g   Fernandes, V A ^h   Gasnault, O ^g   Goswami, J ^f   Howe, C J ^b   Huovelin, J ⁱ   Koschny, D ^j   Lawrence, D J ^k   Maddison, B J ^b   Maurice, S ^g   Narendranath, S ^l   Pieters, C ^m   Okada, T ⁿ   Rothery, D A ^e   Russell, S S ^c   Sreekumar, P ^l   Swinyard, B ^b   Wieczorek, M ^o   Wilding, M ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^l INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^m BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^o INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

Lunar science; Moon; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PEAKS; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCES; CRUSTAL EVOLUTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS; IMPACT CRATERS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; LAVA FLOWS; LUNAR SCIENCE; MAGMA OCEANS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SMART-1; THERMAL HISTORY;

CALCIUM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MOON;

EID: 67349186988     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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