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Periodic collisions between the moon Prometheus and Saturn's F ring

✍ Scribed by Murray, Carl D.; Giuliatti Winter, Silvia M.

Book ID
109795398
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
764 KB
Volume
380
Category
Article
ISSN
0028-0836

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