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7 - Rings Beyond the Giant Planets

from II - Ring Systems by Location

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2018

By
B. Sicardy ,
M. El Moutamid ,
A. C. Quillen ,
P. M. Schenk ,
M. R. Showalter  and
K. Walsh
Edited by
Matthew S. Tiscareno  and
Carl D. Murray
B. Sicardy
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris and University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, FRANCE
M. El Moutamid
Affiliation:
Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
A. C. Quillen
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Rochester, New York, USA
P. M. Schenk
Affiliation:
Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Texas, USA
M. R. Showalter
Affiliation:
SETI Institute Mountain View, California, USA
K. Walsh
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Colorado, USA
Matthew S. Tiscareno
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, California
Carl D. Murray
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
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