Saturn's rings in the thermal infrared

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 51, Issue 14-15, 2003, Pages 929-935

  Spilker, L ^a   Ferrari, C ^b   Cuzzi, J N ^c   Showalter, M ^c   Pearl, J ^d   Wallis, B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Planetary rings; Rings; Saturn's rings; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL STRESS;

PLANETARY RINGS; RING COMPOSITION;

PLANETS;

EID: 0242522892     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.05.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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