Constraining the surface properties of Saturn's icy moons, using Cassini/CIRS emissivity spectra

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 574-583

  Carvano, J M ^a   Migliorini, A ^a,b   Barucci, A ^a   Segura, M ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Astronomy Department   (Italy)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Infrared observations; satellites; Satellites; Saturn; Spectroscopy; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847409710     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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