Possible effect of the rings on the photometric properties of Saturn's cloud layer

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Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985kfnt....1...12v&link_type=abstract

Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel (ISSN 0233-7665), vol. 1, Nov.-Dec. 1985, p. 12-15. In Russian.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astronomical Photometry, Brightness Distribution, Saturn Atmosphere, Saturn Rings, Latitude, Optical Thickness, Spectral Energy Distribution

Scientific paper

Photoelectric scans of Saturn's latitudinal belts were carried out at moments close to the 'disappearance' of the rings during May-June 1980. Scanning was performed with a 2-arcsec aperture using interference filters in the 0.372-0.755 micron wavelength range. A comparison of relative brightness distributions along the latitudinal belts in 1966 and 1980 shows a change in the photometric properties of the equatorial regions in the blue and UV. Regions which previously were in the shadow of the rings show anomalous brightness variation toward the limb; this may be due to the appearance of a purely scattering haze above the cloud layer with a considerable optical thickness.

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