Surface elements and landing strategies for small bodies missions - Philae and beyond

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-858

  Ulamec, Stephan ^a   Biele, Jens ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Comet; Landing strategy; Philae; Rosetta Lander; Small body; Surface element

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

COMET; PHILAE; ROSETTA LANDER; SMALL BODIES; SURFACE ELEMENTS;

LANDING;

EID: 68349154606     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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