Cassini Imaging Science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites

C. C. Porco; E. Baker; J. Barbara; K. Beurle; A. Brahic; J. A. Burns; S. Charnoz; N. Cooper; D. D. Dawson; A. D. Del Genio; T. Denk; L. Dones; U. Dyudina; M. W. Evans; B. Giese; K. Grazier; P. Helfenstein; A. P. Ingersoll; R. A. Jacobson; T. V. Johnson; A. McEwen; C. D. Murray; G. Neukum; W. M. Owen; J. Perry; T. Roatsch; J. Spitale; S. Squyres; P. Thomas; M. Tiscareno; E. Turtle; A. R. Vasavada; J. Veverka; R. Wagner; R. West

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Cassini Imaging Science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites

C. C. Porco, E. Baker, J. Barbara, K. Beurle, A. Brahic, J. A. Burns, S. Charnoz, N. Cooper, D. D. Dawson, A. D. Del Genio, T. Denk, L. Dones, U. Dyudina, M. W. Evans, B. Giese, K. Grazier, P. Helfenstein, A. P. Ingersoll, R. A. Jacobson, T. V. JohnsonA. McEwen, C. D. Murray, G. Neukum, W. M. Owen, J. Perry, T. Roatsch, J. Spitale, S. Squyres, P. Thomas, M. Tiscareno, E. Turtle, A. R. Vasavada, J. Veverka, R. Wagner, R. West

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1226-1236
Number of pages	11
Journal	Science
Volume	307
Issue number	5713
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108056
State	Published - Feb 25 2005

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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., ... West, R. (2005). Cassini Imaging Science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites. Science, 307(5713), 1226-1236. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108056

Porco, CC, Baker, E, Barbara, J, Beurle, K, Brahic, A, Burns, JA, Charnoz, S, Cooper, N, Dawson, DD, Del Genio, AD, Denk, T, Dones, L, Dyudina, U, Evans, MW, Giese, B, Grazier, K, Helfenstein, P, Ingersoll, AP, Jacobson, RA, Johnson, TV, McEwen, A, Murray, CD, Neukum, G, Owen, WM, Perry, J, Roatsch, T, Spitale, J, Squyres, S, Thomas, P, Tiscareno, M, Turtle, E, Vasavada, AR, Veverka, J, Wagner, R & West, R 2005, 'Cassini Imaging Science: Initial results on Saturn's rings and small satellites', Science, vol. 307, no. 5713, pp. 1226-1236. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108056

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