Cassini-Huygens' exploration of the Saturn system: 13 years of discovery

L Spilker - Science, 2019 - science.org
The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn provided a close-up study of the gas giant planet, as
well as its rings, moons, and magnetosphere. The Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in …

The origin and composition of saturn's ring moons

M Ciarniello, G Filacchione, PD Nicholson… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Here we review the origin, evolution, and compositional properties of Saturn's ring moons.
This class of eleven small satellites includes objects orbiting near the outer edge of the main …

An improved model for interplanetary dust fluxes in the outer Solar System

AR Poppe - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
We present an improved model for interplanetary dust grain fluxes in the outer Solar System
constrained by in situ dust density observations. A dynamical dust grain tracing code is used …

Ring seismology of the ice giants uranus and neptune

JA A'Hearn, MM Hedman, CR Mankovich… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We assess the prospect of using ring seismology to probe the interiors of the ice giants
Uranus and Neptune. We do this by calculating normal-mode spectra for different interior …

Close cassini flybys of saturn's ring moons pan, daphnis, atlas, pandora, and epimetheus

BJ Buratti, PC Thomas, E Roussos, C Howett, M Seiss… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Saturn's main ring system is associated with a family of small moons. Pan
and Daphnis orbit within the A-ring's Encke Gap and Keeler Gap, respectively, whereas …

Dust phenomena relating to airless bodies

JR Szalay, AR Poppe, J Agarwal, D Britt… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Airless bodies are directly exposed to ambient plasma and meteoroid fluxes, making them
characteristically different from bodies whose dense atmospheres protect their surfaces from …

Origin and evolution of Saturn's ring system

S Charnoz, L Dones, LW Esposito, PR Estrada… - Saturn from Cassini …, 2009 - Springer
The origin and long-term evolution of Saturn's rings is still an unsolved problem in modern
planetary science. In this chapter we review the current state of our knowledge on this long …

A radiation belt of energetic protons located between Saturn and its rings

E Roussos, P Kollmann, N Krupp, A Kotova, L Regoli… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Most magnetized planets are known to possess radiation belts, where high-
energy charged particles are trapped in large numbers. The possibility that a radiation belt …

The inner small satellites of Saturn: A variety of worlds

PC Thomas, JA Burns, M Hedman, P Helfenstein… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
More than a dozen small (< 150 km mean radius) satellites occupy distinct dynamical
positions extending from within Saturn's classical rings to the orbit of Dione. The Cassini …

A comparison of centring algorithms in the astrometry of Cassini imaging science subsystem images and Anthe's astrometric reduction

QF Zhang, XM Zhou, Y Tan, V Lainey… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In the caviar software package, a standard tool for astrometry of images from the Cassini
imaging science subsystem (ISS), Gaussian fitting is used to measure the centre of point-like …