Global inventory of Helium-3 in lunar regoliths estimated by a multi-channel microwave radiometer on the Chang-E 1 lunar satellite

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 4005-4009

  Fa, Wen Zhe ^a,b   Jin, Ya Qiu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

3He abundance; Chang E 1; regolith thickness

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

EID: 78650184295     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4198-9     Document Type: Article

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