Features in Saturn's Rings
Abstract
A systematic, uniform search of Voyage 2 photopolarimeter system (PSS) data set for all significant features of Saturn's rings is described. On August 25, 1981, the PSS observed the occultation of the star Delta Scorpii by the rings of Saturn, and the timing of the data taking was rapid enough that the spatial resolution in the radial direction in the ring plane was better than 100 m. Tabular information and figures for 216 significant features that were found are presented.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- March 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1086/191181
- Bibcode:
- 1987ApJS...63..749E
- Keywords:
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- Polarimetry;
- Saturn Rings;
- Tables (Data);
- Voyager 2 Spacecraft;
- Stellar Occultation;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration;
- PLANETS: SATURN