The thickness of the Saturn rings

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Oct 1980

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Academie des Sciences (Paris), Comptes Rendus, Serie B - Sciences Physiques, vol. 291, no. 8, Oct. 27, 1980, p. 209-214. In Fre

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Saturn Rings, Optical Reflection, Space Exploration, Telescopes, Thickness

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Observations of the thickness of the ring system formed by the bright A, B and C rings of Saturn performed near the time of the ring plane crossing of March 12, 1980 are presented. The observations of the light reflected by the ring border were made with an electronographic camera in connection with 1.06-m and 1.93-m telescopes. Extrapolation of the photometric ring profile obtained to the case of zero elevation of the earth above the ring plane results in an apparent photometric thickness of 1.5 plus or - 0.3 km. Discrepancies between this value and the thickness of a few tens of meters predicted for a homogeneous layer of colliding small particles, can be attributed to the presence of the E ring, the brightness of large particles, the existence of condensations or a possible warping of the ring.

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