Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
On Aug. 25, 1981, the Voyager 2 photopolarimeter system observed a stellar occultation by Saturn's rings. A brief description of this experiment along with details of the data reduction are presented. The occultation results are given in tabular and graphical form at a resolution of 60 km. Histograms of the frequency of optical depth show dominantly unimodal distributions in each of the classical ring elements. The frequency distribution of the entire ring system shows three modes at tau values of about 0.08, 0.5, and more than 2.5.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 88; 8643-864
Format:
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