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Published on: July 1, 2019
El grosor de los anillos de Saturno inferido de las observaciones de la Voyager 1 de la dispersión de microondas
Resumen
Saturno Saturno es Saturno.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La astronomía es la astronomía.
- La astrofísica es la astrofísica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las observaciones terrestres sugieren que los anillos de Saturno tienen un grosor de 1 km.
- Los datos y la teoría de las naves espaciales proponen un límite superior de ~ 100 metros.
- Las discrepancias en las mediciones del grosor del anillo requieren una investigación adicional.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para refinar las mediciones del grosor de los anillos de Saturno utilizando un nuevo método.
- Para conciliar datos contradictorios de las observaciones terrestres y de las naves espaciales.
- Para probar la validez de los modelos de monocapa para los anillos de Saturno.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de un efecto de blindaje en los datos de ocultación de radio.
- Utilizando las mediciones de microondas de la Voyager 1 de la dispersión cercana al frente.
- Comparar los datos de observación con los modelos teóricos.
Principales resultados:
- Las mediciones del grosor del anillo van desde <10 metros (anillo C) hasta 20m (división Cassini) y 50m (anillo A).
- Los modelos monocapa son insuficientes para explicar las observaciones en la División Cassini y el Anillo A.
- Se obtuvo una nueva medida sensible del grosor del anillo.
Conclusiones:
- Las mediciones de las naves espaciales indican anillos significativamente más delgados de lo que sugerían anteriormente las observaciones terrestres.
- Las discrepancias pueden atribuirse a las deformaciones del plano del anillo o al material tenue externo.
- Se necesita más investigación para comprender completamente la estructura de los anillos de Saturno.
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