Saturn's Ring-Plane Crossings of August and November 1995: A Model for the New F-Ring Objects

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 135-148

  Poulet, François ^a   Sicardy, Bruno ^a   Nicholson, Philip D ^b   Karkoschka, Erich ^c   Caldwell, John ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Institut Universitaire de France ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Observation; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000738443     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6267     Document Type: Article

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