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  • William B. Hubbard
  • Bonnie Buratti
    Senior Research Scientist, Principal Scientist and Supervisor: Comets, Asteroids, and Satellites Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Lapetus. Mar 11, 2016
Article revised and updated. Jan 24, 2011
Updated with information about the Phoebe dust ring. Jan 07, 2010
Article revised and updated. Mar 26, 2008
Added explanation of difference between two hemispheres. Nov 14, 2007
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Article revised and updated. May 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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