Statistics
Scientific paper
Nov 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984icar...60..409g&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 60, Nov. 1984, p. 409-415. NASA-supported research.
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Interplanetary Medium, Planetary Mass, Saturn Rings, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Optical Thickness, Stellar Occultation
Scientific paper
The region in the Saturn system between the F ring and the outer edge of the A ring is an area that appears, in images from the imaging experiment, to be virtually devoid of material except for three small satellites. Near the orbit of 1980S28, Atlas - the innermost satellite - the Voyager Photopolarimeter Stellar Occultation data show a discontinuity in count rate which marks a boundary between the tenuous material near the outer edge of the A ring and the orbit of Atlas. The data pertaining to this region have been examined with the aid of statistics and models generated from other similar ring structures. It is concluded that the discontinuity is real, implying the existence of tenuous material of normal optical depth of 0.01 to 0.006 in this region.
Graps Amara L.
Horn Linda J.
Lane Arthur L.
Simmons Karen E.
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