FIRST RESULTS OF THE DLR PLANETARY RADAR INITIATIVE

Authors
HARRIS AW LEMME C GERDES EM WIEDEMANN K NEUKUM G
Citation
Aw. Harris et al., FIRST RESULTS OF THE DLR PLANETARY RADAR INITIATIVE, Planetary and space science, 45(5), 1997, pp. 607-609
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Planetary and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320633
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
607 - 609
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0633(1997)45:5<607:FROTDP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The initial results of planetary radar experiments carried out by the DLR in collaboration with American and Russian groups are presented. T he case and future prospects for a planetary radar project in Europe a re reviewed. It is shown that the necessary few-up observations of nea r-Earth objects such as 1996 JA(1) already exist in Germany. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.