Hyperion's sponge-like appearance

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7149, 2007, Pages 50-53

  Thomas, P C ^a   Armstrong, J W ^b   Asmar, S W ^b   Burns, J A ^a   Denk, T ^c   Giese, B ^d   Helfenstein, P ^a   Iess, L ^e   Johnson, T V ^b   McEwen, A ^f   Nicolaisen, L ^g   Porco, C ^h   Rappaport, N ^b   Richardson, J ^a   Somenzi, L ^e   Tortora, P ⁱ   Turtle, E P ^j   Veverka, J ^a  

^a Center for Radiophysics and Space Research Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

ⁱ University of Bologna   (Italy)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CRATER; EJECTA; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; MOON; POROSITY; ROTATION; SATELLITE; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EROSION; GRAVITY; MASS; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

HYPERION;

EID: 34447133037     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05779     Document Type: Article

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