LunarEX-a proposal to cosmic vision

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 711-740

  Smith, A ^a   Crawford, I A ^b   Gowen, R A ^a   Ball, A J ^c   Barber, S J ^c   Church, P ^d   Coates, A J ^a   Gao, Y ^e   Griffiths, A D ^a   Hagermann, A ^c   Joy, K H ^b   Phipps, A ^f   Pike, W T ^g   Scott, R ^d   Sheridan, S ^c   Sweeting, M ^f   Talboys, D ^h   Tong, V ^b   Wells, N ^d   Biele, J ⁱ   Chela Flores, J ^j   Dabrowski, B ^k   Flannagan, J ^l   Grande, M ^m   Grygorczuk, J ^k   Kargl, G ⁿ   Khavroshkin, O B ^o   Klingelhoefer, G ^p   Knapmeyer, M ⁱ   Marczewski, W ^k   McKenna Lawlor, S ^q   Richter, L ⁱ   Rothery, D A ^c   Seweryn, K ^k   Ulamec, S ⁱ   Wawrzaszek, R ^k   Wieczorek, M ^r   Wright, I P ^c   Sims, M ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^k Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^m ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ University of Wales Aberystwyth ^*  (Austria)

^o SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^p JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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

more..

Author keywords

Lunar; Lunar exploration; Lunar geochemistry; Lunar geophysics; Lunar seismology; Penetrator

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349151502     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9109-6     Document Type: Article

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