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Viking entry aerodynamics and heating [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
The characteristics of the Mars entry including the mission sequence of events and associated spacecraft weights are described along with the Viking spacecraft.
Polutchko, R. J.
core   +1 more source

Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spectral mixture modeling: Further analysis of rock and soil types at the Viking Lander sites [PDF]

open access: yes
A new image processing technique was applied to Viking Lander multispectral images. Spectral endmembers were defined that included soil, rock and shade.
Adams, John B., Smith, Milton O.
core   +1 more source

Climate conditions on the South‐Iberian Palaeomargin during the latest Pliensbachian to early Toarcian: A mineralogical and geochemical study from hemipelagic deposits

open access: yesSedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The integrated analysis of lithofacies, mineralogy and geochemistry of the hemipelagic marine succession exposed in La Cerradura section (South‐Iberian Palaeomargin) provides new information to characterise the palaeoenvironmental conditions during the latest Pliensbachian to early Toarcian, including the Jenkyns Event.
Chaima Ayadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Viking Age Hair

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2016
A study of hair in the Viking Age. The article draws on medieval Icelandic and Scandinavian texts for interpretation. Further information is taken from pictoral representations of viking hair styles and decoration, hairdressing artefacts, figurines and ...
Elisabeth Arwill-Nordbladh
doaj   +1 more source

Calibration of Viking imaging system pointing, image extraction, and optical navigation measure [PDF]

open access: yes
Pointing control and knowledge accuracy of Viking Orbiter science instruments is controlled by the scan platform. Calibration of the scan platform and the imaging system was accomplished through mathematical models.
Breckenridge, W. G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Viking planetary quarantine procedures and implementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
Some of the techniques and methodology that were used on Viking to implement planetary quarantine requirements are reported. Special attention was given to techniques and approaches used to implement sterilization of the Viking probe.
Howell, R.
core   +1 more source

Amacrine cell inputs to OFF midget ganglion cells in macaque retina

open access: yesThe Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend The goal of this study was to explain the findings from physiological studies that OFF midget ganglion cells had larger receptive field centers than expected from their dendritic field diameters. First, we confirmed that OFF mRGCs (OFF MGC) receive input from diffuse bipolar cells (DB) as well as OFF midget bipolar cells (FMB ...
David W. Marshak   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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