The Voyager mission photopolarimeter experiment

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Nov 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssrv...21..159l&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 21, Nov. 1977, p. 159-181.

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Jupiter Atmosphere, Natural Satellites, Polarimetry, Saturn Atmosphere, Ultraviolet Photometry, Visual Photometry, Voyager Project, Clouds, Planetary Surfaces, Saturn Rings, Titan

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A general purpose filter photometer/polarimeter capable of measuring the intensity and linear polarization of scattered light at eight wavelengths in the 2350-7500 A spectral region has been adopted for the Voyager mission photopolarimeter experiment. Objectives of the experiment include determination of the vertical atmospheric aerosol distributions for Jupiter, Saturn and Titan, definition of cloud micro- and macro-structures, and identification of any regular crystalline particles in the clouds. In addition, the density of the satellite atmospheres will be assessed, and the sodium vapor distributions near Io and in the Jovian magnetosphere will be mapped. Particle size and optical depth of Saturn's rings will also be investigated.

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