Cassini Imaging Science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5713, 2005, Pages 1226-1236

  Porco, C C ^a   Baker, E ^a   Barbara, J ^b   Beurle, K ^c   Brahic, A ^d   Burns, J A ^e   Charnoz, S ^d   Cooper, N ^c   Dawson, D D ^f   Del Genio, A D ^b   Denk, T ^g   Dones, L ^h   Dyudina, U ⁱ   Evans, M W ^c   Giese, B ^j   Grazier, K ^k   Helfenstein, P ^e   Ingersoll, A P ⁱ   Jacobson, R A ^k   Johnson, T V ^k   McEwen, A ^f   Murray, C D ^c   Neukum, G ^g   Owen, W M ^k   Perry, J ^f   Roatsch, T ^j   Spitale, J ^a   Squyres, S ^e   Thomas, P ^e   Tiscareno, M ^e   Turtle, E ^f   Vasavada, A R ^k   Veverka, J ^e   Wagner, R ^j   West, R ^k   more..

^a Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c Astronomy Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOON; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT; WAVES;

DIFFUSE RINGS; IMAGING SCIENCE SUBSYSTEM (ISS); RING PARTICLE PROPERTIES;

PLANETS;

IMAGING METHOD; SATELLITE; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20044369347     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108056     Document Type: Article

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