Evolution of the dusty rings of Uranus

Icarus

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 186-200

  de Pater, Imke ^a   Gibbard, Seran G ^b   Hammel, H B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Center for Extrasolar Planetary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Infrared observations; Planetary rings; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844448894     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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