Revisiting Plagioclase Optical Properties for Lunar Exploration
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1 , C. M. Pieters 1 , M. D. Dyar 2 , K.A. Milam 3 , 1 Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence RI 02912, [email protected], [email protected], 2 Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075, [email protected], 3 Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, [email protected].
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تاریخ انتشار 2009