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    Results from the ISM experiment

    THE imaging spectrometer ISM, operating in the near infrared, is the first ever flown in space for planetary observation. With a spectral range of 0.76–3.14μm, its main goals were to obtain information on the ...

    J.-P. Bibring, M. Combes, Y. Langevin, A. Soufflot, C. Cara, P. Drossart in Nature (1989)

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    Spatial variations in thermal and albedo properties of the surface of Phobos

    IMPORTANT information about the properties of the outermost layer of regolith on Phobos can be obtained from infrared thermal radiometry and spectrophotometry of the reflected radiation. From the analysis of ...

    L. V. Ksanfomalfty, V. I. Moroz, J. P. Bibring, M. Combes, A. Soufflot in Nature (1989)

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    Infrared sounding of comet Halley from Vega 1

    The IKS instrument carried by the Vega 1 spacecraft performed infrared sounding of the inner coma and nuclear region of comet Halley. An emissive centre, a few kilometres in size, was detected with a temperatu...

    M. Combes, V. I. Moroz, J. F. Crifo, J. M. Lamarre, J. Charra, N. F. Sanko in Nature (1986)

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    Eclipse Flight of Concorde 001

    On June 30, 1973, Concorde 001 intercepted the path of a solar eclipse over North Africa, Flying at Mach 2.05 the aircraft provided seven observers from France, Britain and the United States with 74 min of tot...

    J. BECKMAN, J. BEGOT, P. CHARVIN, D. HALL, P. LENA, A. SOUFFLOT, D. LIEBENBERG in Nature (1973)