Cassini Cirs Observations of Thermal Differences in Saturn’s Main Rings with Increasing Phase Angle
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INCREASING PHASE ANGLE. L. J. Spilker 1 , S. H. Pilorz 2 , C. Ferrari 3 , C. Leyrat 3 , B. D. Wallis 2 , S. M. Brooks 2 , S. G. Edgington 2 , N. Altobelli 2 , F. M. Flasar 4 , J. C. Pearl 4 , M. R. Showalter 5 , R. K. Achterberg 6 , C. A. Nixon 7 , P. N. Romani 3 and Cassini CIRS Investigation Team. 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., M/S 230-205, Pasadena, CA 91109, ([email protected]), 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 3 CEA/Saclay/University of Paris 7, 4 Goddard Space Flight Center, 5 Stanford University, 6 SSAI, 7 University of Maryland.
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