Saturn ring-plane crossing, May 1995: Pole precession and ring thickness

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 555-561

  Bosh, Amanda S ^a   Rivkin, Andrew S ^a,b   Percival, Jeffrey W ^c   Taylor, MaryJane ^d   Van Citters, G Wayne ^e  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0031256766     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5767     Document Type: Article

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