Shapes of the saturnian icy satellites and their significance

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 573-584

  Thomas, P C ^a   Burns, J A ^a   Helfenstein, P ^a   Squyres, S ^a   Veverka, J ^a   Porco, C ^b   Turtle, E P ^c   McEwen, A ^d   Denk, T ^e   Giese, B ^f   Roatsch, T ^f   Johnson, T V ^g   Jacobson, R A ^g  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interiors; satellites; Satellites; Saturn; shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548651996     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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