Titan in the Solar System

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1085-1097

  Taylor, F W ^a   Coustenis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 0000389612     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(98)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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