Multi - Spectral Imaging of the Phoenix Landing Site : Characteristics of Surface and Subsurface Ice , Rocks , and Soils
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and Soils. D. L. Blaney, D. Archer, R. Arvidson, S. Cull, M. Ellehoj, D. Fisher, M. Hecht, M. Lemmon, M. Mellon, R. Morris, T. Pike, P. Smith, C. Stoker, and the Phoenix Science Team.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 264-422, Pasadena CA 91109 [email protected], University of Arizona, Washington University St. Louis , Niels Bohr Institute, Geologic Survey of Canada , Texas A&M , University of Colorado, NASA Johnson Space Center, Imperial College London, NASA AMES Research Center
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