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4 - The Rings of Uranus

from II - Ring Systems by Location

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2018

By
P. D. Nicholson ,
I. De Pater ,
R. G. French  and
M. R. Showalter
Edited by
Matthew S. Tiscareno  and
Carl D. Murray
P. D. Nicholson
Affiliation:
Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
I. De Pater
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, USA
R. G. French
Affiliation:
Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
M. R. Showalter
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. 93 - 111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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