The thermal radiation of Saturn and its rings

Details The thermal radiation of Saturn and its rings The thermal radiation of Saturn and its rings

Sep 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975icar...26...37r&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 26, Sept. 1975, p. 37-44. NASA-supported research.

Physics

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Far Infrared Radiation, Planetary Radiation, Saturn (Planet), Saturn Rings, Thermal Radiation, Brightness Temperature, Infrared Spectra, Optical Thickness, Spectrum Analysis, Upper Atmosphere

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Infrared observations of Saturn from 5 to 40 microns are described. There is intense limb brightening at 12.35 microns over the southern polar cap. The C ring is anomalously bright at 10 and 20 microns and has bluer (hotter) colors than the A and B rings. The ring spectra have been extrapolated beyond 40 microns and subtracted from low-resolution far-infrared measurements to show that the far-infrared spectrum of the disk of Saturn is qualitatively similar to that of Jupiter and that Saturn radiates 2.5 plus or minus 0.6 times the energy it absorbs from the sun.

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