The influence of particle adhesion on the stability of agglomerates in Saturn's rings

Icarus

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 292-301

  Albers, Nicole ^a   Spahn, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344476879     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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