Does Saturn have rings outside 10 R(s)?

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Saturn Rings, Stellar Occultation, Electron Density (Concentration), Ion Density (Concentration), Saturn (Planet), Solar System, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Saturn, Rings, Distance, Radius, Spacecraft Observations, Plasmas, Ions, Density, Magnetosphere, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Brightness, Electrons, Energy, Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument, Lecp, Flux, Charged Particles, Structure

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Vasundhara et al. and Mahra et al. have recently reported detections of new saturnian ring systems near 12.5 and 19.5 Saturn radii (RS), respectively. The authors review the Voyager ion and electron data in the energy range 30 - 1,000 keV as measured by the Low Energy Charged Particle experiment. There is no convincing evidence for ring matter outside 10 RS in these data. Features in the charged particle fluxes in these regions are more readily explained by temporal variations and/or spatial structure unrelated to ring matter, such as the mantle on the dayside and/or detached plasma sheets.

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