The 10 October 1999 HIP 9369 occultation by the northern polar region of Jupiter: Ingress and egress lightcurves analysis

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 344-361

  Raynaud, Elisabeth ^a   Drossart, P ^a   Matcheva, K ^a   Sicardy, B ^a   Hubbard, W B ^b   Roques, F ^a   Widemann, Th ^a   Gladstone, G R ^c   Waite, J H ^d   Nadeau, D ^e   Bastien, P ^e   Doyon, R ^e   Hill, R ^b   Rieke, M J ^b   Marley, M ^f  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Dynamics; Jupiter; Occultations; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037947700     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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