Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL): Mapping the lunar interior from crust to core

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-24

  Zuber, Maria T ^a   Smith, David E ^a   Lehman, David H ^b   Hoffman, Tom L ^b   Asmar, Sami W ^b   Watkins, Michael M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Lunar; Moon; Remote sensing; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

LUNAR; LUNAR GRAVITY FIELD; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; RANGING SYSTEMS; SCIENCE OBJECTIVES; SCIENCE OPERATIONS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

GRAVITATION; MAPPING; MOON BASES; PRODUCT DESIGN; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

MOON;

EID: 84880589677     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9952-7     Document Type: Article

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