Meter-scale slopes of candidate MSL landing sites from point photoclinometry

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 775-791

  Beyer, Ross A ^a   Kirk, Randolph L ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars Science Laboratory; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDING SITE; LENGTH SCALE; MARS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; PHOTOCLINOMETRY; SURFACE SLOPE;

GEOMETRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

LANDING;

EID: 84866742855     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9925-x     Document Type: Article

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