A deep search for Martian dust rings and inner moons using the Hubble Space Telescope

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 844-854

  Showalter, Mark R ^a   Hamilton, Douglas P ^b   Nicholson, Philip D ^c  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Dynamics; Mars; Planetary rings; Satellites

Indexed keywords

DUST; DYNAMICS; MOON; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITES; TELESCOPES;

DEIMOS RING; MARS; PLANETARY RINGS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746836945     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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