Photometric modeling of Saturn's rings. II. Azimuthal asymmetry in reflected and transmitted light

Icarus

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-90

  Salo, Heikki ^a   Karjalainen, R ^a   French, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Computer techniques; Planetary rings; Radiative transfer; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142774170     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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