The jovian rings: New results derived from Cassini, Galileo, Voyager, and Earth-based observations

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 59-77

  Throop, H B ^a   West, R A ^b   Burns, J A ^c   Showalter, M R ^d   Nicholson, P D ^c   Porco, C C ^a,e  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Jupiter; Photometry; Planetary rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444237058     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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