First Fruits of the Spitzer Space Telescope: Galactic and Solar System Studies

Abstract

This article provides a brief overview of the Spitzer Space Telescope and discusses its initial scientific results on galactic and solar system science.

arXiv commentReview article to appear in slightly different format in Vol.44 of Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2006

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