Authors: Porco C. C., Baker E., Barbara J., Beurle K., Brahic A., Burns J. A., Charnoz S., Cooper N., Dawson D. D., Del Genio A. D., Denk T., Dones L., Dyudina U., Evans M. W., Giese B., Grazier K., Helfenstein P., Ingersoll A. P., Jacobson R. A., Johnson T. V., McEwen A., Murray C. D., Neukum G., Owen W. M., Perry J., Roatsch T., Spitale J., Squyres S., Thomas P., Tiscareno M., Turtle E., Vasavada A. R., Veverka J., Wagner R., and West R.
Year: 2005
Title: Cassini Imaging Science: Initial Results on Saturn's Rings and Small Satellites
Journal: Science
Volume: 307
Number: 5713
Pages: 1226-1236
Keywords: Saturn, small, ring, planetology, observation, spacecraft, image
Abstract: Images acquired of Saturn's rings and small moons by the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) during the first 9 months of Cassini operations at Saturn have produced many new findings. These include new saturnian moons; refined orbits of new and previously known moons; narrow diffuse rings in the F-ring region and embedded in gaps within the main rings; exceptionally fine-scale ring structure in moderate- to high-optical depth regions; new estimates for the masses of ring-region moons, as well as ring particle properties in the Cassini division, derived from the analysis of linear density waves; ring particle albedos in select ring regions; and never-before-seen phenomena within the rings.
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Bibliogaphic Code: 2005Sci...307.1226P
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