Science - Rich Mission Sites within South Pole - Aitken Basin , Part 2 : Von Kármán
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CRATER. J. F. Snape, A. L. Fagan, M. E. Ennis, J. N. Pogue, S. Porter, C. R. Neal, and D. A. Kring; Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UK [email protected]; Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA [email protected]; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA [email protected]; Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA [email protected]; School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA [email protected]; Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA [email protected]; Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, USA [email protected].
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