Prometheus and Pandora: Masses and orbital positions during the Cassini tour

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 230-240

  Renner, Stéfan ^a   Sicardy, Bruno ^a   French, Richard G ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Chaos; Orbits; Resonances; Satellites of Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844289228     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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