Compositional mapping of Saturn's satellite Dione with Cassini VIMS and implications of dark material in the Saturn system

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 372-386

  Clark, Roger N ^a   Curchin, John M ^a   Jaumann, Ralf ^b   Cruikshank, Dale P ^c   Brown, Robert H ^d   Hoefen, Todd M ^a   Stephan, Katrin ^b   Moore, Jeffrey M ^c   Buratti, Bonnie J ^e   Baines, Kevin H ^e   Nicholson, Philip D ^f   Nelson, Robert M ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

composition; Ices; IR spectroscopy; rings; Satellites; satellites; Saturn; Spectroscopy; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849193530     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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