G Ring Particle Sizes Derived from Ring Plane Crossing Observations

Icarus

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 152-166

  Throop, Henry B ^a   Esposito, Larry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000256996     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5851     Document Type: Article

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