Cassini UVIS observations of Saturn's rings

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1221-1235

  Esposito, Larry W ^a   Colwell, Joshua E ^a   McClintock, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000788983     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(98)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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