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Phase light curves for extrasolar Jupiters and Saturns [PDF]
, 2004 We predict how a remote observer would see the brightness variations of giant planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn as they orbit their central stars. We model the geometry of Jupiter, Saturn and Saturn's rings for varying orbital and viewing parameters.
Carolyn C. Porco +11 more
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Nature, 1884 IN the interesting account of the observations of Messrs. Henry on the rings of Saturn (NATURE, May 29, p. 105) they seem to consider the bright ring they then saw as new. On looking over my note-book I find I observed indications of such a bright ring extending inwards as far as the limb of ball. The exact words are, “I see a brighter line here,” with
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The Vertical Structure of the F Ring of Saturn from Ring-Plane Crossings
, 2013 We present a photometric model of the rings of Saturn which includes the main rings and an F ring, inclined to the main rings, with a Gaussian vertical profile of optical depth.
Nicholson, Philip D. +1 more
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Edges of Saturn’s rings are fractal [PDF]
SpringerPlus, 2015 The images recently sent by the Cassini spacecraft mission (on the NASA website http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/halloffame/) show the complex and beautiful rings of Saturn. Over the past few decades, various conjectures were advanced that Saturn's rings are Cantor-like sets, although no convincing fractal analysis of actual images has ever appeared ...
Li, Jun, Ostoja-Starzewski, Martin
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What Confines the Rings of Saturn? [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2017 Abstract The viscous spreading of planetary rings is believed to be counteracted by satellite torques, through either an individual resonance or overlapping resonances. For the A ring of Saturn, it has been commonly believed that the satellite Janus alone can prevent the ring from spreading, via its 7:6 Lindblad resonance.
Joseph A. Burns +5 more
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Nature, 1879 I WRITE to call the attention of observers to the present appearance of the inner dusky ring of Saturn. Although the ring is not very open, only permitting that portion near the ends to be seen on the nights of the 9th and 11th of this month, using a portion of a large reflector sufficient only to show Enceladus clearly, it was most prominent, and not ...
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The brightening of Saturn’s F ring [PDF]
Icarus, 2012 Image photometry reveals that the F ring is approximately twice as bright during the Cassini tour as it was during the Voyager flybys of 1980 and 1981. It is also three times as wide and has a higher integrated optical depth. We have performed photometric measurements of more than 4,800 images of Saturn's F ring taken over a five-year period with ...
French, Robert S. +7 more
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, 2018 One could become an expert on Saturn's iconic rings pretty easily in the early 1970s, as very little was known about them beyond the distinction between the A, B, and C rings, and the Cassini Division or "gap" between rings A and B (Alexander, 1962; Bobrov, 1970).
Cuzzi, J. N. +2 more
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Detection of rapid orbital expansion of Saturn’s moon Titan [PDF]
, 2019 The Saturn satellite system is a complex dynamical system with several gravitational interactions happening between the satellites, the rings and the central body, such as resonances, librations and tides.
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Hydrodynamics of Saturn’s Dense Rings [PDF]
Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, 2011 Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ...
Seiss, Martin, Spahn, Frank
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