Return to Europa: Overview of the jupiter Europa orbiter mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-650

  Clark, K ^a   Boldt, J ^b   Greeley, R ^c   Hand, K ^a   Jun, I ^a   Lock, R ^a   Pappalardo, R ^a   Van Houten, T ^a   Yan, T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callisto; Europa; Galilean satellites; Ganymede; Habitability; Ice; Io; Jovian system; Jupiter; Orbiter; Planetary protection; Radiation; Subsurface ocean

Indexed keywords

HEAT RADIATION; ICE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MAGNETOSPHERE; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORBITS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

CALLISTO; EUROPA; GALILEAN SATELLITES; GANYMEDE; HABITABILITY; JOVIAN SYSTEMS; JUPITERS; ORBITER; PLANETARY PROTECTIONS; SUB-SURFACE OCEAN;

SATELLITES;

EID: 79960237357     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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