Unraveling the zebra: Clues to the Iapetus dark material composition

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 262-267

  Vilas, Faith ^a   Larson, Stephen M ^b   Stockstill, Karen R ^c   Gaffey, Michael J ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0030295269     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0202     Document Type: Article

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