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Oct 2011
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.532
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The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) onboard the Cassini Spacecraft has performed a number of moderately high-resolution (better than 200 km/pixel) spectral observations of Saturn's main rings. These data show that the rings' spectral properties vary on a broad range of spatial scales. Some of these variations reflect differences in the typical grain size in the ring particles' regolith, while others can be ascribed to different concentrations of impurities mixed with the ring-particles' water ice [1, 2]. VIMS has also observed many stellar occultations of the rings, which provide high-resolution profiles of the ring's opacity. Comparing these two data sets reveals a number of interesting correlations between the rings' spectral and structural properties on spatial scales between 100 and 1000 km. Such correlations provide new insights into how the surface properties of individual ring particles can be influenced by (and thus probe) the local dynamical environment.
Capaccioni Fabrizio
Ciarnello M.
Clark Roger Nelson
Filacchione Gianrico
Hedman Matthew M.
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