Findings on rings and inner satellites of Saturn by Pioneer 11

Details Findings on rings and inner satellites of Saturn by Pioneer 11 Findings on rings and inner satellites of Saturn by Pioneer 11

Mar 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982iowa.rept.....v&link_type=abstract

Progress Report Iowa Univ., Iowa City. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Pioneer 11 Space Probe, Radiation Belts, Saturn Rings, Saturn Satellites, Space Exploration, Charged Particles, Energetic Particles, Magnetically Trapped Particles, Radiation Absorption, Spatial Distribution

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The introductory part of this paper gives a short account of the theory of absorption by planetary rings and satellites of energetic charged particles that are trapped in a planet's magnetic field and describes the observable consequences of such absorption processes. The University of Iowa observations of absorption features during Pioneer 11's passage through Saturn's inner radiation belt on 1 September 1979 are critically reanalyzed and related to other evidence on rings and inner satellites, especially that from Voyagers 1 and 2. It is found: (1) that satellites 1979 S1, 1979 S2, and 1980 S3 are almost certainly identical; (2) that 1979 S4 appears to be the shadow of an otherwise unreported satellite of radius or approx = 25 km at an orbital radius of 151,300 + or - 80 km and at a longitude between 195 deg and 208 deg at JED 244 4118.25654; (3) that 1979 S5 and two other nearby absorption features and 1979 S6 and one other nearby absorption features are probably caused by longitudinal and radial structure of Ring F; and (4) that absorption feature 1979 S3 at 169,300 + or - 600 km is identified with Ring G.

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