Eccentric ringlet in the Maxwell gap at 1.45 Saturn radii Multi-instrument Voyager observations

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Oct 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983sci...222...57e&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 222, Oct. 7, 1983, p. 57-60. NASA-supported research.

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Gaps, Ring Structures, Saturn Rings, Voyager Project, Morphology, Optical Thickness, Precession, Saturn, Rings, Gaps, Maxwell Gap, Ringlets, Eccentricity, Imagery, Radii, Voyager Missions, Photopolarimetry, Spectrometry, C Ring, Radio Observations, Infrared, Wavelengths, Features, Characteristics, Width, Optical Properties, Opacity, Precession, Mass, Density, Shape, Particles, Transmission, Ultraviolet, Light(Visible Radiation), Color, Comparisons, Brightness, Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Photopolarimeter, Uvs

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The Voyager spacecraft observed a narrow, eccentric ringlet in the Maxwell gap (1.45 Saturn radii) in Saturn's rings. Intercomparison of the Voyager imaging, photopolarimeter, ultraviolet spectrometer, and radio science observations yields results not available from individual observations. The shape and width of the ringlet are consistent with a set of uniformly precessing, confocal ellipses with foci at Saturn's center of mass. The ringlet precesses as a unit at a rate consistent with the known dynamical oblateness of Saturn; the lack of differential precession across the ringlet yields a ringlet mass of about 5×1018 grams. Comparison of the measured transmission of the ringlet at radio, visible, and ultraviolet wavelengths indicates that about half of the total extinction is due to particles smaller than 1 centimeter in radius, in contrast even with nearby regions of the C ring. However, the color and brightness of the ringlet material are not measurably different from those of nearby C ring particles.

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