Long-term degradation of optical devices on the Moon

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Murphy, T W ^a   Adelberger, E G ^b   Battat, J B R ^c   Hoyle, C D ^d   McMillan, R J ^e   Michelsen, E L ^a   Samad, R L ^a   Stubbs, C W ^f   Swanson, H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Instrumentation; Moon, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953500885     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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