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Descubrimiento del anillo de Júpiter llamado "gossamer"
M R Showalter1, J A Burns, J N Cuzzi
1Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Nature
|August 8, 1985
Resumen
Los científicos descubrieron un nuevo y débil anillo en Júpiter.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La astronomía es la astronomía.
- La astrofísica es la astrofísica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El sistema de anillos de Júpiter previamente conocido por tener un anillo brillante y un halo.
- La Voyager 2 proporcionó imágenes clave de los anillos de Júpiter.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para analizar las imágenes de los anillos de Júpiter tomadas por la Voyager 2.
- Para identificar cualquier estructura de anillo no descubierta previamente.
Principales métodos:
- Técnicas de mejora de imagen aplicadas a las imágenes de gran angular de la Voyager 2.
- Análisis de los datos de luz dispersa hacia adelante (FDS 20693.02).
Principales resultados:
- Se descubrió un anillo débil y no detectado previamente.
- Este nuevo anillo se extiende a un radio de 210.000 km.
- El nuevo anillo es significativamente más débil que los componentes conocidos.
Conclusiones:
- El sistema de anillos de Júpiter es más complejo de lo que se entendía anteriormente.
- Un análisis adicional de los datos existentes puede revelar nuevos descubrimientos.
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