Photometry of Saturn's rings

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1976Publisher:American Astronomical SocietyJournal:The Astronomical Journal, volume 81, page 865 (issn: 0004-6256,

Authors: Lumme, Kari; Irvine, William M.;

doi: 10.1086/111967

Photometry of Saturn's rings

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Abstract

A total of 202 photographic plates of Saturn taken from four different locations and in seven different colors have been studied in order to define better the variation in ring brightness with solar phase angle, declination of the earth with respect to the ring plane, orbital phase angle of the ring particles, and wavelength. A major effort has been made to investigate possible differences in the photometric behavior of the A and B rings.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
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The Sun and the Solar System, Solar System

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