A close look at Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 182-212

  Nicholson, Philip D ^a   Hedman, Matthew M ^a   Clark, Roger N ^b   Showalter, Mark R ^c   Cruikshank, Dale P ^d   Cuzzi, Jeffrey N ^d   Filacchione, Gianrico ^e   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^e   Cerroni, Priscilla ^e   Hansen, Gary B ^f   Sicardy, Bruno ^g   Drossart, Pierre ^g   Brown, Robert H ^h   Buratti, Bonnie J ⁱ   Baines, Kevin H ⁱ   Coradini, Angioletta ^j  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j INAF   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Infrared observations; Planetary rings; rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749082111     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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