Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS
المؤلفون: Nicholson, P. D., Ansty, T., Hedman, M. M., Creel, D., Ahlers, J., Harbison, R. A., Brown, R. H., Clark, R. N., Baines, K. H., Buratti, B. J., Sotin, C., Badman, S. V.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
الوصف: We describe the prediction, design, execution and calibration of stellar and solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument on the Cassini spacecraft. Particular attention is paid to the technique developed for onboard acquisition of the stellar target and to the geometric and photometric calibration of the data. Examples of both stellar and solar occultation data are presented, highlighting several aspects of the data as well as the different occultation geometries encountered during Cassini's 13 year orbital tour. Complete catalogs of ring stellar and solar occultations observed by Cassini-VIMS are presented, as a guide to the standard data sets which have been delivered to the Planetary Data System's Ring Moon Systems Node.
Comment: 90 Pages, 22 Figures, Accepted for Publication in Icarus
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.017
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06980
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1907.06980
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.017