Orbits of Saturn's F ring and its shepherding satellites
β Scribed by S.P. Synnott; R.J. Terrile; R.A. Jacobson; B.A. Smith
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-1035
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