Unraveling the strands of Saturn's F ring

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-316

  Murray, Carl D ^a   Gordon, Mitchell K ^a,b   Giuliatti Winter, Silvia M ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031256775     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5774     Document Type: Article

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