Saturn's F ring: Kinematics and particle sizes from stellar occultation studies

Icarus

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-75

  Bosh, A S ^a   Olkin, C B ^a   French, R G ^b   Nicholson, P D ^c  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Occultations; Orbits; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036087994     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6791     Document Type: Article

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