The Shadow of Titan on Mimas and Saturn's Rings

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..569h&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 569

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Mimas, Saturn Ring Plane Crossing, Titan

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We observed the Saturn system on November 7-9, 1995, at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) on Mt. Graham, Arizona, using the portable CCD (PCCD) fast occultation imaging system of the University of Arizona. Along with imaging seven of Saturn's moons, we recorded a rare mutual event on the evening of November 9 (4:25 UT November 10) where sunlight at the Saturnian moon Mimas was eclipsed by Titan. The shadows of Rhea and Titan were also seen moving across the rings of Saturn itself. Analyzing the change in brightness in this shadow during these events may provide information about the structure of Titan's atmosphere, and the precise timing of the shadow-Mimas event will give improved precision to the ephemeris of Mimas' orbit.

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