Voyager photopolarimeter stellar occultation of Saturn's rings

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Nov 1983

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 88, Nov. 1, 1983, p. 8643-8649.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photography, Polarimetry, Saturn Rings, Spaceborne Astronomy, Stellar Occultation, Data Reduction, Frequency Distribution, Optical Thickness, Planetology, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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On August 25, 1981, the Voyager 2 photopolarimeter system observed a stellar occultation by Saturn's rings. The authors present a brief description of this experiment along with details of the data reduction. The occultation results are given in tabular and graphical form at a resolution of 60 km. Histograms of the frequency of optical depth show dominantly unimodal distributions in each of the classical ring elements. The frequency distribution of the entire ring system shows three models at τ ≈ 0.08, τ ≈ 0.5, and τ ⪆ 2.50.

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