Iapetus, Phoebe and Hyperion: Are They Related?
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Cerroni, G. Filacchione, G. Bellucci, A. Adriani, M. Moriconi, E. D’Aversa, R.H. Brown, K.H. Baines, J.-P. Bibring, B.J. Buratti, R.N. Clark, M. Combes, D.P. Cruikshank, P. Drossart, V. Formisano, R. Jaumann, Y. Langevin, D.L. Matson, T.B. McCord, V. Mennella, R.M. Nelson, P.D. Nicholson, B. Sicardy, C. Sotin INAF-IFSI, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy, [email protected]. INAF-IASF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA Institut d’Astrophisique Spatiale, Orsay, France US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA, USA Insttute for Planetary Exploration, DLR, Berlin, Germany HIGP/SOEST, University of Hawaii, Winthrop, WA, USA INAFOAC, Napoli, Italy Cornell University, Astronomy Department, Ithaca, NY, USA Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France CNR-ISAC, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006