New observations and studies of Saturn's long-lived north polar spot

Icarus

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 322-334

  Sanchez Lavega, Agustin ^a   Rojas, Jose Félix ^a   Acarreta, Juan Ramón ^b   Lecacheux, Jean ^e   Colas, François ^c   Sada, Pedro V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c Bureau des Longitudes   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Code 6932 ^*

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EID: 0031206097     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5761     Document Type: Article

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