Three tenuous rings/arcs for three tiny moons

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 378-386

  Hedman, M M ^a   Murray, C D ^b   Cooper, N J ^b   Tiscareno, M S ^a   Beurle, K ^b   Evans, M W ^b   Burns, J A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Resonances; rings; satellites; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649086733     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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