The geological history of Saturn's icy moons and their interaction with the rings as revealed by the Cassini Radar
Résumé
While it was initially designed to examine the surface of Titan through the veil of its opticallyopaque atmosphere, the Cassini Radar was occasionally used to observe airless Saturn's icy moons, generally from long ranges. In this paper, we give an overview of the Cassini radar and radiometry distant observations of Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus and Phoebe and describe what they have taught us about the geological history of these objects and their interaction with Saturn and its rings.
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Planète et Univers [physics]Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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