Authors: Davies M. E. and Katayama F. Y.
Year: 1983
Title: The control network of Rhea
Journal: Icarus
Volume: 56
Pages: 603-610
Keywords: Saturn, major, planetology
Abstract: A control network of the Saturnian satellite Rhea has been established photogrammetrically from pictures taken by the two Voyager spacecraft. Coordinates of 288 control points on Rhea have been computed and listed; some of these are identified on the preliminary U.S. Geological Survey map of Rhea and many of the control point features have been named. Pixel measurements of these points were made on 81 Voyager 1 and 3 Voyager 2 pictures. The longitude system on Rhea is defined by the crater Tore; the 340 deg meridian passes through the center of this crater. The mean radius of Rhea has been determined at 764 + or - 4 km.
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Bibliogaphic Code: 1983Icar...56..603D
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