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A multi-decade record of ground-based mid-infrared (7-25 $\mu$m) images of Saturn is used to explore seasonal and non-seasonal variability in thermal emission over more than a Saturnian year (1984-2022). Thermal emission measured by 3-m and…

The seasonal evolution of Saturn's polar atmospheric temperatures and hydrocarbon composition is derived from a decade of Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) 7-16 $\mu$m thermal infrared spectroscopy. We construct a…

Enceladus is the Saturnian satellite known to have water vapor erupting from its south pole region called Tiger Stripes. Data collected by Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph during Enceladus transiting Saturn allow us to estimate…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-26 Jan Kotlarz , Katarzyna Kubiak , Natalia Zalewska

We analyze data retrieved by the Imaging Science System onboard the Cassini spacecraft to study the horizontal velocity and vorticity fields of Saturn's Polar Regions (latitudes 60-90$^\circ$N in June-December 2013 and 60-90$^\circ$S in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 A. Antuñano , T. del Río-Gaztelurrutia , A. Sánchez-Lavega , R. Hueso

The Cassini mission crossed the source region of the Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR) on 17 October 2008. On this occasion, the Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) experiment detected both local and distant radio sources, while plasma…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 L. Lamy , B. Cecconi , P. Zarka , P. Canu , P. Schippers , W. S. Kurth , R. L. Mutel , D. A. Gurnett , J. D. Menietti , P. Louarn

Saturn's northern summertime hemisphere was mapped by JWST/MIRI (4.9-27.9 $\mu$m) in November 2022, tracing the seasonal evolution of temperatures, aerosols, and chemical species in the five years since the end of the Cassini mission. The…

A goal of Cassini's extended mission has been to examine the seasonal variations of Saturn's magnetosphere, moons, and rings. Recently we showed that the magnetospheric plasma between the main rings and Enceladus exhibited a time dependence…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Meredith K. Elrod , Wei-Ling Tseng , Adam K. Woodson , Robert E. Johnson

On 17 October 2008, the Cassini spacecraft crossed the southern sources of Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR), while flying along high-latitude nightside magnetic field lines. In situ measurements allowed us to characterize for the first…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-21 L. Lamy , P. Schippers , P. Zarka , B. Cecconi , C. Arridge , M. K. Dougherty , P. Louarn , N. Andre , W. S. Kurth , R. L. Mutel , D. A. Gurnett , A. J. Coates

We observe Saturn and its ring system at wavelengths of 1.3 mm (220 GHz) using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) interferometric array. We study the intensity and polarisation structure of the planet and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-13 Moumita Aich , Kenda Knowles , Kavilan Moodley , Jonathan Sievers , Matthew M. Hedman

Throughout 2017, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observed the northern far-ultraviolet aurorae of Saturn at northern solstice, during the Cassini Grand Finale. These conditions provided a complete viewing of the northern auroral region…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-27 L. Lamy , R. Prangé , C. Tao , T. Kim , S. V. Badman , P. Zarka , B. Cecconi , W. S. Kurth , W. Pryor , E. Bunce , A. Radioti

We present ground-based limb polarization measurements of Jupiter and Saturn consisting of full disk imaging polarimetry for the wavelength 7300 A and spatially resolved (long slit) spectropolarimetry covering the wavelength range 5200 to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 H. M. Schmid , F. Joos , E. Buenzli , D. Gisler

Saturn was observed by Chandra ACIS-S on 20 and 26-27 January 2004 for one full Saturn rotation (10.7 hr) at each epoch. We report here the first observation of an X-ray flare from Saturn's non-auroral (low-latitude) disk, which is seen in…

A clustering algorithm is applied to Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem continuum and methane band images of Saturns northern hemisphere to objectively classify regional albedo features and aid in their dynamical interpretation. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-26 Anthony D. Del Genio , John M. Barbara

Saturn's magnetic field is remarkably axisymmetric. Its dipole axis is inclined by less than 0.2 deg with respect to its rotation axis. Rotationally driven convection of magnetospheric plasma breaks the axisymmetry of its external magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Peter Goldreich , Alison J. Farmer

The North Polar Spur (NPS) is a giant structure that is clearly visible in both radio and X-ray all-sky maps. We analyzed broadband radio observations covering a range between 22 MHz and 70 GHz to systematically analyze the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-17 Iwashita Ryoji , Kataoka Jun , Sofue Yoshiaki

Saturn's polar stratosphere exhibits the seasonal growth and dissipation of broad, warm, vortices poleward of $\sim75^\circ$ latitude, which are strongest in the summer and absent in winter. The longevity of the exploration of the Saturn…

This study evaluates the impact of Starlink satellites on low-frequency radio astronomy below 100 MHz, focusing on challenges on data processing and scientific goals. We conducted 40 hours of imaging observations using NenuFAR, in the…

We have observed a stellar occultation of GSC5249-01240 by Saturn's north polar region on November 20, 1995 from NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). This is the first recorded occultation by the polar region of a giant planet. The…

We use solar occultations observed by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Cassini Spacecraft to extract the 1 to 5 micron transmission spectrum of Saturn, as if it were a transiting exoplanet. We detect absorption from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Paul A. Dalba , Philip S. Muirhead , Jonathan J. Fortney , Matthew M. Hedman , Philip D. Nicholson , Mark J. Veyette

Observations of the optical polarization of NGC 4151 in 1997-2003 show variations of an order of magnitude in the polarized flux while the polarization position angle remains constant. The amplitude of variability of the polarized flux is…

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