Saturn Helium Abundance: A Reanalysis of Voyager Measurements

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-134

  Conrath, Barney J ^a   Gautier, Daniel ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Saturn; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001634710     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6265     Document Type: Article

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