Italian Spring Accelerometer (ISA): A fundamental support to BepiColombo Radio Science Experiments

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 300-308

  Iafolla, V ^a   Fiorenza, E ^a   Lefevre, C ^a   Morbidini, A ^a   Nozzoli, S ^a   Peron, R ^a   Persichini, M ^a   Reale, A ^a   Santoli, F ^a  

^a INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; General relativity; Gravimetry; Mercury; Non gravitational perturbations; Solar system

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; CURRENT ERROR; FREQUENCY RANGES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITATIONAL PERTURBATIONS; INTRINSIC NOISE; MERCURY; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITERS; RADIO SCIENCE; RELATIVISTIC DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURE; THREE AXIS ACCELEROMETERS; TRACKING DATA;

ACCELEROMETERS; ASTRONOMY; GRAVIMETERS; GRAVITATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MERCURY (METAL); RELATIVITY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 73749085612     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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