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All the four giant planets in our Solar System have rings, but their characteristics are very different. The rings consist of a number of small particles, although individual particles have not been directly imaged. Near the central planet,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Keiji Ohtsuki

The spectral position of the 3.6 micron continuum peak measured on Cassini-VIMS I/F spectra is used as a marker to infer the temperature of the regolith particles covering the surfaces of Saturn's icy satellites. This feature is…

A planet's Lyman-{\alpha} (Ly{\alpha}) emission is sensitive to its thermospheric structure. Here, we report joint Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Cassini cross-calibration observations of the Saturn Ly{\alpha} emission made two weeks…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Lotfi Ben-Jaffel , Julie Moses , Robert A. West , M-K. aye , Eric T. Bradley , John T. Clarke , Jay B. Holber , Gilda E. Ballester

We present astrometric observations of the Saturnian satellites Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea from Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) narrow-angle camera (NAC) images. Image sequences were designed to observe mutual…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-26 N. J. Cooper , C. D. Murray , V. Lainey , R. Tajeddine , M. W. Evans , G. A. Williams

We present MUSE observations of AM1354-250, confirming its status as a collisional ring galaxy which has recently undergone an interaction, creating its distinctive shape. We analyse the stellar and gaseous emission throughout the galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 Blair C. Conn , L. M. R. Fogarty , Rory Smith , Graeme N. Candlish

The nearby main sequence star Beta Pictoris is surrounded by an edge-on disk of dust produced by the collisional erosion of larger planetesimals. Here we report the discovery of substructure within the northeast extension of the disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Kalas , J. Larwood , B. A. Smith , A. Schultz

Planets have been detected in circumbinary orbits in several different systems, despite the additional challenges faced during their formation in such an environment. We investigate the possibility of planetary formation in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 N. T. Kurtovic , P. Pinilla , Anna B. T. Penzlin , M. Benisty , L. Pérez , C. Ginski , A. Isella , W. Kley , F. Menard , S. Pérez , A. Bayo

The Composite InfraRed Spectrometer (CIRS) on board Cassini revealed an equatorial oscillation of stratospheric temperature, reminiscent of the Earth's Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO), as well as anomalously high temperatures under…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Deborah Bardet , Aymeric Spiga , Sandrine Guerlet , Simon Cabanes , Ehouarn Millour , Alexandre Boissinot

The observation of gaseous giant planets is of high scientific interest. Although they have been the targets of several spacecraft missions, there still remains a need for continuous ground-based observations. As their atmospheres present…

D68 is a narrow ringlet located only 67,627 km (1.12 planetary radii) from Saturn's spin axis. Images of this ringlet obtained by the Cassini spacecraft reveal that this ringlet exhibits persistent longitudinal brightness variations and a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 M. M. Hedman , J. A. Burt , J. A. Burns , M. R. Showalter

$\eta$ Carinae is composed of two very massive stars orbiting each other in 5.5 years. The primary star features the densest known stellar wind, colliding with that expelled by its companion. The wind collision region dissipates energy and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Roland Walter , Matteo Balbo

New images of M31 at 24, 70, and 160 micron taken with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) reveal the morphology of the dust in this galaxy. This morphology is well represented by a composite of two logarithmic spiral arms…

Many small moonlets, creating propeller structures, have been found in Saturn's rings by the Cassini spacecraft. We study the dynamical evolution of such 20-50m sized bodies which are embedded in Saturn's rings. We estimate the importance…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 Hanno Rein , John C. B. Papaloizou

A heliocentric dust ring on Venus orbit was discovered following observations by the Helios spacecraft, and then confirmed thanks to observations by STEREO and the Parker Solar Probe. The impact risk it poses needs to be evaluated for any…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Ariane Courtot , Mark Millinger

Many white dwarf stars show signs of having accreted smaller bodies, implying that they may host planetary systems. A small number of these systems contain gaseous debris discs, visible through emission lines. We report a stable 123.4min…

Centaurs are minor planets orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune that have or had crossing orbits with one or more giant planets. Recent observations and reinterpretation of previous observations have revealed the existence of ring systems…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-02 Ryuki Hyodo , Sébastien Charnoz , Hidenori Genda , Keiji Ohtsuki

VLA, MERLIN and Hubble Space Telescope imaging observations of the extended regions of the symbiotic system CH Cygni are analysed. These extensions are evidence of a strong collimation mechanism, probably an accretion disk surrounding the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. M. Crocker , R. J. Davis , R. E. Spencer , S. P. S. Eyres , M. F. Bode , A. Skopal

Planetary systems commonly survive the evolution of single stars, as evidenced by terrestrial-like planetesimal debris observed orbiting and polluting the surfaces of white dwarfs. This letter reports the identification of a circumbinary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-19 J. Farihi , S. G. Parsons , B. T. Gänsicke

We discuss the $\gamma$-ray emission of the radiogalaxy NGC 1275 (the central galaxy of the Perseus Cluster), detected by Fermi-LAT and MAGIC, in the framework of the "spine-layer" scenario, in which the jet is assumed to be characterized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini

At the solar equinox in August 2009, the Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) onboard Cassini showed the lowest Saturn's ring temperatures ever observed. Detailed radiative transfer models show that the observed equinox temperatures of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-01 Ryuji Morishima , Linda Spilker , Shawn Brooks , Estelle Deau , Stu Pilorz