On the internal structure and dynamics of Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 617-636

  Grasset, O ^a   Sotin, C ^a   Deschamps, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

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EID: 0000955708     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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