Galileo SAW Jupiter's Rings, Too

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Jul 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997dps....29.1710d&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #17.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 29, p.1000

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Because of better spatial resolution, different phase coverage, and superior signal-to-noise, Galileo's thirteen clear images of Jupiter's ring system taken during a single pass through the planet's shadow improve substantially upon Voyager data. In addition two Adrastea images fortuitously included the rings at phase angles around 83(deg) . By assuming a circular and equatorial main ring, and using the position of a star found in one ansa image, we fix the main ring's outer radius at 128940+/-50 km, slightly less than Voyager's value of 129130+/-100 km, and very close to Adrastea's orbit (128980 km). The ring's halo rises gradually starting near the 3:2 vertical Lorentz resonance at 122733 km. The gossamer ring, discovered in a single Voyager image, is clearly visible out to the frame's edge at 2.3 RJ. The main ring exhibits a marked drop in brightness at 127849+/-50 km, lying almost atop Metis's orbit at 127978 km. The ansa images also show apparent azimuthal structure: longitudinally alternating bright and dim patches. As previously noted in Voyager images, the brightnesses of the near and far arms differ by 10% or more. In contrast to Voyager, Galileo images show the near arm to be brighter. Galileo's shallow viewing angle (0.5(deg) above the ring plane) through the diaphanous ring may play a role in brightness variations. Results will also be presented describing the morphologies of the halo and gossamer ring, as well as phase functions for the ring's components.

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