Saturn's rings, the Yarkovsky effects, and the Ring of Fire

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-542

  Rubincam, David Parry ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Ices; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748855589     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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