A new look at the Saturn system - The Voyager 2 images

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Astronomical Photography, Flyby Missions, Saturn (Planet), Saturn Satellites, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Atmospheric Circulation, Phoebe, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Structure, Saturn Atmosphere, Saturn Rings, Space Exploration, Titan, Spokes, Ringlets, B Ring, Structure, Collisions, Thermal History, Data, Weather, Maps, Mapping, Dione, Rhea, Mimas, Discovery, Density, Production Rate, Heat, Sources, Composition, Image Processing, Resonance, Braided Rings, Saturn, Voyager 2, Imagery, Photographs, Characterist

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Images of the Saturn system acquired by Voyager 2 in its encounter in August 1981 are presented and information gained from the imagery on the atmosphere, satellites, and rings of Saturn is discussed. The images have shown the Saturn atmosphere to contain persistent oval clouds similar to those of Jupiter, and small irregular features indicative of a pattern of zonal winds that is symmetric about the equator and appears to extend to great depths. The atmosphere of Titan is found to possess an upper haze layer above the main haze, a hemispherical brightness asymmetry, and a dark band in the north polar region. Other satellite observations included relatively high resolution coverage of Enceladus and Tethys, moderate resolution views of Hyperion and Iapetus, and the first observations of Phoebe, as well as views of the eight minor satellites associated with the orbits of Dione, Tethys and Mimas, and the F and A rings. Images of various ring structures were obtained, most notably the birth of a spoke and variable ringlet structures in the outer B ring. The observations may be used to deduce the collisional and thermal history of the rings and satellites.

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