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Jan 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.313...38m&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 313, Jan. 3, 1985, p. 38, 39.
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Planetary Magnetospheres, Ring Structures, Saturn Atmosphere, Light Curve, Stellar Occultation, Time Response, Saturn, Magnetosphere, Rings, Structure, Particles, Radius, Analysis, Ions, Density, Voyager Missions, Pioneer 11, Occultations, Observations, Photolectric Observations, Data
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The detection of a ring system at 19 Saturn radii using photoelectric observations of the occultation of the star SAO158763 on May 12, 1984 is reported. Five shallow dips in the light curve correpond to five zones termed A, B, C, D, and E. The ring structure is approximately 56,500 km wide and extends from 19.41 to 20.36 Saturn radii. The orbit of Titan is located within the width of the ring structure. Light variations show that the ring can be divided between two broader zones, one taking in the two prominent zones A and B and about 29,000 km wide, the other taking in zones C, D, and E and about 26,400 km wide. The shape of the light variations corresponding to zones A and D shows that the density of the particulate or gaseous matter changes systematically with a maximum density or a condensation lane near the center of the zone. The density of the matter in the other three zones shows irregular variations.
Mahra H. S.
Mohan Vijay
Pandey Ajay K.
Sanwal B. B.
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