The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on bepicolombo

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 79-95

  Fraser, G W ^a   Carpenter, J D ^a   Rothery, D A ^b   Pearson, J F ^a   Martindale, A ^a   Huovelin, J ^c   Treis, J ^d,e   Anand, M ^b   Anttila, M ^f   Ashcroft, M ^g   Benkoff, J ^h   Bland, P ⁱ   Bowyer, A ^g   Bradley, A ^g   Bridges, J ^a   Brown, C ^a   Bulloch, C ^g   Bunce, E J ^a   Christensen, U ^d   Evans, M ^a   Fairbend, R ^j   Feasey, M ^g   Giannini, F ^h   Hermann, S ^e,k   Hesse, M ^l   Hilchenbach, M ^d   Jorden, T ^m   Joy, K ^n,o   Kaipiainen, M ^p   Kitchingman, I ^g   Lechner, P ^e,q   Lutz, G ^e,q   Malkki, A ^r   Muinonen, K ^c   Naranen J ^c   Portin, P ^s   Prydderch, M ^o   Juan, J San ^t   Sclater, E ^g   Schyns, E ^j   Stevenson, T J ^a   Struder L ^e,k   Syrjasuo, M ^r   Talboys, D ^a   Thomas, P ^g   Whitford, C ^a   Whitehead, S ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^f Space Systems Finland Ltd ^*  (Finland)

^g Magna Parva Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j PHOTONIS   (France)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^m AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^p Oxford Instruments Analytical Oy   (Finland)

^q PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^r FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^s Patria Oyj   (Finland)

^t LIDAX   (Spain)

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Author keywords

BepiColombo; Composition; Instrumentation; Mercury; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY (METAL); ORBITS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITER; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; IMAGING X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; INSTRUMENTATION; PLANETARY REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 74149088234     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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