Venus express mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Svedhem, H ^a   Titov, D ^b   Taylor, F ^c   Witasse, O ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETER; VENUS;

EID: 67651100685     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003290     Document Type: Article

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