The ultraviolet reflectance of Enceladus: Implications for surface composition

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 608-617

  Hendrix, Amanda R ^a   Hansen, Candice J ^a   Holsclaw, Greg M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enceladus; Ices, UV spectroscopy; Satellites, Composition; Saturn, Satellites; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649238565     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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