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IUE observations of Solar System objects

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During the scientific commissioning phase of IUE several spectra were acquired from objects residing in the Solar System. The activities focused on testing numerous parameters which would indicate the usefulness of IUE for planetary science. It seems that IUE can successfully tackle many important questions and the data analysis and interpretation of the initial set of observations has begun.

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 91103

    A. L. Lane & E. Hamrick

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771

    A. Boggess, D. C. Evans & T. R. Gull

  3. Computer Sciences Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20900

    F. H. Schiffer III, B. Turnrose, P. Perry & A. Holm

  4. Astronomy Division, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Holland

    F. Macchetto

  5. SRC Appleton Laboratory, Slough, Berks, UK

    P. M. Gondhalekar

  6. University College London, Gower St, London, WC1, UK

    G. E. Hunt & R. Wilson

  7. State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, 11790

    T. C. Owen

  8. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218

    H. W. Moos

  9. University of Arizona, Tuscan, Arizona, 85721

    M. G. Tomasko & T. Gehrels

  10. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80302

    R. Conway & C. A. Barth

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Lane, A., Hamrick, E., Boggess, A. et al. IUE observations of Solar System objects. Nature 275, 414–415 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275414a0

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