The infrared astronomical satellite akari: Overview, highlights of the mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuhara, Hideo ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AKARI; All sky survey; Infrared astronomy; Space mission

Indexed keywords

AKARI; ALL-SKY SURVEY; FAR-INFRARED; FOCAL PLANES; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED SOURCE; LIQUID HELIUM; NEAR INFRARED CAMERAS; SCIENTIFIC RESULTS; SPACE MISSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH BAND; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ASTROPHYSICS; HELIUM; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUEFIED GASES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; SURVEYS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES;

EID: 70349497518     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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