Statistics of Saturn's spokes

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Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992icar...99..191g&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 99, no. 1, p. 191-201.

Physics

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Saturn Rings, Spokes, Statistical Analysis, Angular Velocity, Image Analysis

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The Saturn B-ring spoke phenomenon is presently analyzed in view of two sequences of Voyager 2 images. It is found that the radial distribution of spoke activity closely follows the optical depth profile of the outer B ring, and the deficiency of young ages in leading edges suggests that young spokes become visible only after initial radial formation. A rudimentary model is presented for spoke visibility as a function of spoke age, in light of which a spoke decays much faster than it grows, but trailing edges age minimally.

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