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13 - The F Ring of Saturn

from III - Ring Systems by Type and Topic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2018

By
C. D. Murray  and
R. S. French
Edited by
Matthew S. Tiscareno  and
Carl D. Murray
C. D. Murray
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London London, ENGLAND
R. S. French
Affiliation:
SETI Institute Mountain View, California, USA
Matthew S. Tiscareno
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, California
Carl D. Murray
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
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Planetary Ring Systems
Properties, Structure, and Evolution
 , pp. 338 - 362
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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