Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The surface mass density profiles at four locations within Saturn's rings are calculated using Voyager spacecraft images of spiral bending waves. The identification of a feature in Saturn's outer B ring as Mimas's 4:2 bending waves is confirmed, and these 4:2 waves are analyzed to determine the surface density in Saturn's B ring. A fourth set of bending waves, the Mimas 7:4, located in the inner A ring, is identified and analyzed. Mimas's 5:3 and 8:5 bending waves, observed in the middle and outer A ring respectively, are reanalyzed.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 62; 433-447
Format:
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