The discovery of faint irregular satellites of Uranus

Icarus

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 474-481

  Kavelaars, J J ^a   Holman, M J ^b   Grav, T ^b   Milisavljevic, D ^c   Fraser, W ^c   Gladman, B J ^d   Petit, J M ^e   Rousselot, P ^e   Mousis, O ^e   Nicholson, P D ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^f Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Irregular satellites; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942558354     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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