MarcoPolo-R near earth asteroid sample return mission

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 645-684

  Barucci, Maria Antonietta ^a   Cheng, A F ^b   Michel, P ^c   Benner, L A M ^d   Binzel, R P ^e   Bland, P A ^f   Bohnhardt H ^g   Brucato, J R ^h   Bagatin, A Campo ⁱ   Cerroni, P ^j   Dotto, E ^k   Fitzsimmons, A ^l   Franchi, I A ^m   Green, S F ^m   Lara, L M ⁿ   Licandro, J ^o   Marty, B ^c   Muinonen, K ^p,q   Nathues, A ^g   Oberst, J ^r   Rivkin, A S ^b   Robert, F ^s   Saladino, R ^t   Trigo Rodriguez, J M ^u   Ulamec, S ^r   Zolensky, M ^v   more..

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^j INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^k INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^l QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^m OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q FGI   (Finland)

^r GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^s MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^u INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^v NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Astrobiology; Near Earth Asteroid; Origin; Primitive material; Re entry capsule; Sample return mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860227234     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-011-9231-8     Document Type: Article

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