The dynamic neptunian ring arcs: Evidence for a gradual disappearance of Liberté and resonant jump of courage

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 263-272

  de Pater, Imke ^a   Gibbard, Seran G ^b   Chiang, Eugene ^a   Hammel, Heidi B ^c   Macintosh, Bruce ^b   Marchis, Franck ^a   Martin, Shuleen C ^a   Roe, Henry G ^d   Showalter, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Studies   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Neptune; Planetary rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844283115     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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