Near infrared spectrometer SIR-2 on Chandrayaan-1

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 506-511

  Mall, Urs ^a   Banaszkiewicz, Marek ^a   Brønstad, Kjell ^a   McKenna Lawlor, Susan ^a   Nathues, Andreas ^a   Søraas, Finn ^a   Vilenius, Esa ^a   Ullaland, Kjetil ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chandrayaan; Chemical composition; Mineralogy; Moon; Near infrared; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650339950     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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