Cassini spectra and photometry 0.25-5.1 μm of the small inner satellites of Saturn

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 524-536

  Buratti, B J ^a   Bauer, J M ^a   Hicks, M D ^a   Mosher, J A ^a   Filacchione, G ^b   Momary, T ^a   Baines, K H ^a   Brown, R H ^c   Clark, R N ^d   Nicholson, P D ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Satellites, Composition; Saturn, Satellites; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649239394     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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