The E-ring in the vicinity of Enceladus. II. Probing the moon's interior-The composition of E-ring particles

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-454

  Postberg, F ^a   Kempf, S ^a,b   Hillier, J K ^c   Srama, R ^a   Green, S F ^c   McBride, N ^c   Grun E ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Interplanetary dust; Planetary rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849191241     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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