Ultraviolet imaging spectroscopy shows an active Saturnian system

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5713, 2005, Pages 1251-1255

  Esposito, Larry W ^a   Colwell, Joshua E ^a   Larsen, Kristopher ^a   McClintock, William E ^a   Stewart, A Ian F ^a   Hallett, Janet Tew ^b   Shemansky, Donald E ^b   Ajello, Joseph M ^c   Hansen, Candice J ^c   Hendrix, Amanda R ^c   West, Robert A ^c   Keller, H Uwe ^d   Korth, Axel ^d   Pryor, Wayne R ^e   Reulke, Ralf ^f   Yung, Yuk L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e Central Arizona College   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ICE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OXYGEN; SOLAR SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

OXYGEN ATOMS; SATURNIAN SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY;

PLANETS;

ICE; OXYGEN; WATER;

SATURN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WIND;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; ICE; OXYGEN; SATURN; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 20044389669     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105606     Document Type: Article

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