C ring fine structures revealed in the thermal infrared

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 691-701

  Altobelli, N ^a   Spilker, L ^a   Pilorz, S ^a   Brooks, S ^a   Edgington, S ^a   Wallis, B ^a   Flasar, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Planetary rings; Saturn, rings; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548959178     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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