The E ring in the vicinity of Enceladus. I. Spatial distribution and properties of the ring particles

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 420-437

  Kempf, S ^a,b   Beckmann, U ^a   Moragas Klostermeyer, G ^a   Postberg, F ^a   Srama, R ^a   Economou, T ^c   Schmidt, J ^d   Spahn, F ^d   Grun E ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact processes; rings; satellites; Saturn; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849141754     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.027     Document Type: Article

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