Hydrocarbons on Saturn's satellites Iapetus and Phoebe

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 334-343

  Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Wegryn, Eric ^b   Dalle Ore, C M ^b   Brown, R H ^c   Bibring, J P ^e   Buratti, B J ^d   Clark, R N ^f   McCord, T B ^g   Nicholson, P D ^h   Pendleton, Y J ^a   Owen, T C ⁱ   Filacchione, G ^j   Coradini, A ^j   Cerroni, P ^j   Capaccioni, F ^j   Jaumann, R ^k   Nelson, R M ^d   Baines, K H ^d   Sotin, C ^l   Bellucci, G ^m   Combes, M ⁿ   Langevin, Y ^e   Sicardy, B ⁿ   Matson, D L ^d   Formisano, V ^j   Drossart, P ⁿ   Mennella, V ^o   more..

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g Space Science Institute NW ^*  (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^j INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^m INAF   (Italy)

ⁿ OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^o INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

composition; Iapetus; Organic chemistry; Satellites; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849106895     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.036     Document Type: Article

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