The Kaguya mission overview

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Kato, Manabu ^a   Sasaki, Susumu ^a   Takizawa, Yoshisada ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kaguya; Lunar exploration; Lunar science; Origin and evolution of the moon; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BUS SYSTEMS; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; ELLIPTICAL ORBITS; HDTV CAMERA; HOMEPAGE; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; KAGUYA; LOW-ALTITUDE; LUNAR EXPLORATIONS; LUNAR ORBITER; LUNAR SCIENCE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MULTIBAND; ORBITAL MANEUVERS; ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOON; SCIENCE-DATA; SCIENTIFIC DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CAMERAS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORBITS; RADAR ANTENNAS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 78650175140     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-010-9678-3     Document Type: Article

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