Seasonal photometric variability of Titan, 1972-2006

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 616-626

  Lockwood, G W ^a   Thompson, D T ^b  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Photometry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249218920     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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