Earth-based detection of Uranus' lambda ring

Icarus

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-284

  French, Richard G ^a   Roques, Françoise ^b   Nicholson, Philip D ^c   McGhee, Colleen A ^c   Bouchet, Patrice ^d   Maene, Sara A ^e   Mason, Emily C ^f   Matthews, Keith ^g   Mosqueira, Ignacio ^h  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Branson School   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030075341     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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