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Stellar occultations by planetary rings: 3 July 1989 28 SGR occultation by Saturn

Authors :
Porco, Carolyn C
Hubbard, B
Source :
NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991.
Publication Year :
1991
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1991.

Abstract

The near infrared observations of the 3 Jul. 1989 occultation of 28 Sagittarii by Saturn and its rings made from seven different telescopes spread around the world were reduced and synthesized. These observations were combined with Voyager data to study the dynamical state of Saturn's rings. This unique event, which occurred eight years after the Voyager flybys, provides a temporal baseline over which kinematical and dynamical phenomena within the rings may be examined in detail.

Subjects

Subjects :
Astronomy

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19920003620
Document Type :
Report