Cassini thermal observations of Saturn's main rings: Implications for particle rotation and vertical mixing

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1167-1176

  Spilker, Linda J ^a   Pilorz, Stuart H ^a   Wallis, Brad D ^a   Pearl, John C ^b   Cuzzi, Jeffrey N ^c   Brooks, Shawn M ^a   Altobelli, Nicolas ^a   Edgington, Scott G ^a   Showalter, Mark ^d   Michael Flasar, F ^b   Ferrari, Cecile ^e   Leyrat, Cedric ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cassini; Cassini composite infrared spectrometer; Saturn's rings; Thermal ring measurements

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI COMPOSITE INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; SATURN'S RINGS; THERMAL RING MEASUREMENTS;

DENSITY (OPTICAL); INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

INFRARED SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 33749256254     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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