The structure of the regolith on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from ROLIS descent imaging

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6247, 2015, Pages

  Mottola, S ^a   Arnold, G ^a   Grothues, H G ^a   Jaumann, R ^a,b   Michaelis, H ^a   Neukum, G ^b   Bibring, J P ^c   Schroder S E ^a   Hamm, M ^a,d   Otto, K A ^a   Pelivan, I ^a   Proffe, G ^a   Scholten, F ^a   Tirsch, D ^a   Kreslavsky, M ^e   Remetean, E ^f   Souvannavong, F ^g   Dolives, B ^g  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CNES   (France)

^g Magellium   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; COMET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETER; PIXEL; REGOLITH; RESOLUTION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; GRAVITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; THICKNESS; WIND;

EID: 84940381890     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0232     Document Type: Article

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