Iapetus' geophysics: Rotation rate, shape, and equatorial ridge

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-202

  Castillo Rogez, J C ^a   Matson, D L ^a   Sotin, C ^a,b   Johnson, T V ^a   Lunine, J I ^c   Thomas, P C ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics; Geophysics; Iapetus; Interiors; Satellites; shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547753652     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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