The Crossings of Saturn Ring Plane by the Earth in 1995: Ring Thickness

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-165

  Poulet, François ^a   Sicardy, Bruno ^b   Dumas, Christophe ^c   Jorda, Laurent ^d   Tiphène, Didier ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photometry; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000277438     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6314     Document Type: Article

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