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Mutual phenomena of Saturn's satellites in 1979-1980Using two sets of orbital elements and the radii of the Saturnian satellites 1 (Mimas) through 7 (Hyperion), we find that from October 1979 until August 1980 nearly 300 mutual eclipses and occultations involving these bodies will occur. To allow for the expected errors in the satellite ephemerides, we repeat these calculations in order to obtain the additional events that occur when all satellite radii (save Titan's) are increased by 1000 km. A third listing predicts eclipses of satellites by (the shadow of) the ring. Photometric observations of a large number of these events will add much precise information to our knowledge of the Saturnian system at a critical time.
Document ID
19780050714
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Aksnes, K.
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Franklin, F. A.
(Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 34
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
78A34623
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-09-015-213
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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