HST High-Resolution Backscatter Image of Saturn's G Ring

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-18

  Lissauer, Jack J ^a   French, Richard G ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0012785443     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6386     Document Type: Article

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