The composition of Saturn’s rings

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 350-358

  Poulet, F ^a   Cuzzi, J N ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary rings, Saturn; Spectroscopy; Surfaces planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036948706     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6967     Document Type: Article

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