Inclined Features in Saturn's Rings

Details Inclined Features in Saturn's Rings Inclined Features in Saturn's Rings

Jul 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000hst..prop.8761b&link_type=abstract

HST Proposal ID #8761

Physics

Hst Proposal Id #8761 Solar System

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The occultation of GSC529-01240 observed in 1995 with the FOS on HST {GO-5824, Bosh PI} was the most sensitive occultation to date for inclinations in Saturn's rings. The F ring has been determined to be inclined using these data, and this has been independently verified with WFPC2 imaging of the F ring entering eclipse {possible only for an inclined F ring}. Additional ring features in this data set exhibit signs of possible inclination {high radial residuals in just the 1995 data set}. We propose to investigate these ring features for inclinations using the same method as was applied to the F ring. The improved kinematic models that will result from these analyses will lead to better understanding of narrow ringlet confinement. The determination of Saturn's gravitational harmonics and thus its interior structure will also be improved due to better ringlet models, as several ringlets are now used as significant constraints to these parameters.

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