Detecting the signatures of Uranus and Neptune

Icarus

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 327-333

  Kane, Stephen R ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Neptune; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959564613     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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