An analysis of bending waves in Saturn's rings using Voyager radio occultation data

Details An analysis of bending waves in Saturn's rings using Voyager radio occultation data An analysis of bending waves in Saturn's rings using Voyager radio occultation data

Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...68..481g&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 68, Dec. 1986, p. 481-502. NSF-supported research.

Physics

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Radio Occultation, Saturn Rings, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Wave Diffraction, Mimas, Optical Thickness, Oscillations, Resonance

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Three oscillatory features in the Voyager 1 radio occultation map of Saturn's rings have been identified as the 5:3, 7:4, and 4:2 spiral bending waves excited by the satellite Mimas. In this paper the authors present the observations and investigate the properties of these waves. They find that the Mimas 7:4 wave is consistent with the linear theory of bending waves, while the Mimas 5:3 wave may not be. The authors are unable to perform a detailed analysis of the Mimas 4:2 bending wave due to the large optical depth in the region in which it propagates.

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