Sizes, shapes, and derived properties of the saturnian satellites after the Cassini nominal mission

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 395-401

  Thomas, P C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Geophysics; Saturn, Satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953541733     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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