Radar imaging of Saturn's rings

Icarus

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-62

  Nicholson, Philip D ^a   French, Richard G ^b   Campbell, Donald B ^a   Margot, Jean Luc ^a   Nolan, Michael C ^c   Black, Gregory J ^d   Salo, Heikki J ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Arecibo Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 23744459900     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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