Ethane abundance on Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 931-939

  Kostiuk, Theodor ^a   Fast, Kelly ^b   Livengood, Timothy A ^b   Goldstein, Jeffrey ^c,d   Hewagama, Tilak ^c,d   Buhl, David ^a   Espenak, Fred ^a   Ro, Kyung Ho ^c,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Challenger Center for Space Science Education   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0001135862     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00086-x     Document Type: Article

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