Landforms of Europa and selection of landing sites

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 661-677

  Ivanov, M A ^a   Prockter, L M ^b   Dalton, B ^c  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Landing sites; Terrain types

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

EUROPA; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERPLANETARY MISSION; LANDING SITE; LOW RESOLUTION IMAGES; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS; SCIENTIFIC TARGETS; TERRAIN TYPES;

LANDING;

EID: 79960235126     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.05.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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