Fluorescent hydroxyl emissions from Saturn's ring atmosphere

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5261, 1996, Pages 516-518

  Hall, Doyle T ^a   Feldman, Paul D ^a   Holberg, J B ^b   McGrath, Melissa A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MICROCLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SATURN;

EID: 0030602524     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5261.516     Document Type: Article

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