Perturbations to Saturn's F-ring strands at their closest approach to Prometheus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 817-827

  Giuliatti Winter, S M ^a   Murray, C D ^b   Gordon, M ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0345991591     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00009-x     Document Type: Article

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