Mariner 9 Television Reconnaissance of Mars and Its Satellites: Preliminary Results

Harold Masursky; R. M. Batson; J. F. McCauley; L. A. Soderblom; R. L. Wildey; M. H. Carr; D. J. Milton; D. E. Wilhelms; B. A. Smith; T. B. Kirby; J. C. Robinson; C. B. Leovy; G. A. Briggs; T. C. Duxbury; C. H. Acton; B. C. Murray; J. A. Cutts; R. P. Sharp; Susan Smith; R. B. Leighton; C. Sagan; J. Veverka; M. Noland; J. Lederberg; E. Levinthal; J. B. Pollack; J. T. Moore; W. K. Hartmann; E. N. Shipley; G. De Vaucouleurs; M. E. Davies

doi:10.1126/science.175.4019.294

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Mariner 9 Television Reconnaissance of Mars and Its Satellites: Preliminary Results

Harold Masursky¹,
R. M. Batson¹,
J. F. McCauley¹,
L. A. Soderblom¹,
R. L. Wildey¹,
M. H. Carr²,
D. J. Milton²,
D. E. Wilhelms²,
B. A. Smith³,
T. B. Kirby³,
J. C. Robinson³,
C. B. Leovy⁴,
G. A. Briggs⁵,
T. C. Duxbury⁵,
C. H. Acton Jr.⁵,
B. C. Murray⁶,
J. A. Cutts⁶,
R. P. Sharp⁶,
Susan Smith⁶,
R. B. Leighton⁷,
C. Sagan⁸,
J. Veverka⁸,
M. Noland⁸,
J. Lederberg⁹,
E. Levinthal⁹,
J. B. Pollack¹⁰,
J. T. Moore Jr.¹⁰,
W. K. Hartmann¹¹,
E. N. Shipley¹²,
G. De Vaucouleurs¹³,
M. E. Davies¹⁴

¹U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
²U.S. Geological Survey, 354 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
³Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88001
⁴Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98105
⁵Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103
⁶Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109
⁷Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
⁸Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
⁹Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305
¹⁰Space Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94305
¹¹IIT Research Institute, 60 West Giaconda Way, Tucson, Arizona 85704
¹²Bellcomm, Inc., 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW Washington, D.C. 20024
¹³Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin 78712
¹⁴Rand Corporation, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90401

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Science 21 Jan 1972:
Vol. 175, Issue 4019, pp. 294-305
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4019.294

Harold Masursky

1U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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R. M. Batson

1U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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J. F. McCauley

1U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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L. A. Soderblom

1U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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R. L. Wildey

1U.S. Geological Survey, 601 East Cedar Avenue, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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M. H. Carr

2U.S. Geological Survey, 354 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025

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D. J. Milton

2U.S. Geological Survey, 354 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025

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D. E. Wilhelms

2U.S. Geological Survey, 354 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025

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B. A. Smith

3Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88001

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T. B. Kirby

3Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88001

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J. C. Robinson

3Department of Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88001

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C. B. Leovy

4Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98105

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G. A. Briggs

5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

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T. C. Duxbury

5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

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C. H. Acton Jr.

5Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103

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B. C. Murray

6Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109

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J. A. Cutts

6Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109

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R. P. Sharp

6Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109

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Susan Smith

6Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109

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R. B. Leighton

7Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology

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C. Sagan

8Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

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J. Veverka

8Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

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M. Noland

8Laboratory for Planetary Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

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J. Lederberg

9Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

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E. Levinthal

9Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

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J. B. Pollack

10Space Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94305

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J. T. Moore Jr.

10Space Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94305

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W. K. Hartmann

11IIT Research Institute, 60 West Giaconda Way, Tucson, Arizona 85704

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E. N. Shipley

12Bellcomm, Inc., 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW Washington, D.C. 20024

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G. De Vaucouleurs

13Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin 78712

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M. E. Davies

14Rand Corporation, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90401

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