Saturn Ring Plane Crossing Observations in August and November 1995

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Jul 1995

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HST Proposal ID #5836

Physics

Hst Proposal Id #5836 Solar System

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The plane of Saturn's rings passes through the earth on 10 August 1995, and through the sun on 17-21 November 1995, providing a rare opportunity to determine the thickness, vertical distortions, and pole orientation of the rings. A similar opportunity will not recur until the year 2038. We will obtain time series of images using the Wide Field Camera and methane filter at each crossing time, in order to measure the radial profile of apparent ring thickness, to determine the moment of the earth's crossing to within a few minutes, and to look for the expected warp in the ring plane due to satellite perturbations. In addition, the Planetary Camera will be used to recover the small satellites Pan and Atlas and thus refine their orbital periods. A series of multi-color WFC observations will be used to probe the structure and particle size distribution within the faint E and G rings.

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