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Rings of Saturn. Surf. Density. Rings, ringlets and gaps of width less than 1000 km are listed by inner edge radius. For more details on the rings and a full listing of all small ringlets and very faint rings, see the PDS Rings Node Vital Statistics.
Rings of Saturn. The full set of rings, imaged as Saturn eclipsed the Sun from the vantage of the Cassini orbiter, 1.2 million km (¾ million miles) distant, on 19 July 2013 (brightness is exaggerated). Earth appears as a dot at 4 o'clock, between the G and E rings.
The Ring-Moon Systems Node of NASA's Planetary Data System is devoted to archiving, cataloging, and distributing scientific data sets relevant to planetary rings and moons, and the ways they interact.
In the case of Saturn’s rings, radio wavelengths of several centimetres and longer are largely unaffected by the smallest ring particles and thus encounter smaller optical depths than visible wavelengths and shorter. The B ring is the brightest, thickest, and broadest of the rings.
14 de jun. de 2019 · We present close-range remote-sensing observations of the main rings from the Cassini spacecraft. We find detailed sculpting of the rings by embedded masses, and banded texture belts throughout the rings. Saturn-orbiting streams of material impact the F ring.
1 de jul. de 2020 · Saturn's C ring, the innermost broad demarcated region of Saturn's main rings, spans radial distances of ~74,250 km–91,990 km from Saturn's center and is largely dominated by two distinct optical depth morphologies, dubbed the background and the plateaus (see Colwell et al., 2009a, Colwell et al., 2009b for an overview of C ring ...
12 de ago. de 2009 · Three simultaneous radio signals of 0.94, 3.6 and 13 centimeter wavelength (Ka-, X- and S-bands) were sent from the Cassini spacecraft through the rings to Earth. In this simulated image of Saturn's rings, color is used to present information about ring particle sizes in different regions based on the measured effects of three radio ...
