Keck adaptive optics images of Uranus and its rings

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 359-374

  De Pater, Imke ^a   Gibbard, S G ^b   Macintosh, B A ^b   Roe, H G ^a   Gavel, D T ^b   Max, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0036948510     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6966     Document Type: Article

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