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In situ methods for measuring thermal properties and heat flux on planetary bodies

Banaszkiewicz, Marek; Spohn, Tilman; Knollenberg, Jörg +9 more

The thermo-mechanical properties of planetary surface and subsurface layers control to a high extent in which way a body interacts with its environment, in particular how it responds to solar irradiation and how it interacts with a potentially existing atmosphere. Furthermore, if the natural temperature profile over a certain depth can be measured…