Small particles dominate Saturn’s Phoebe ring to surprisingly large distances

Douglas P. Hamilton (), Michael F. Skrutskie, Anne J. Verbiscer and Frank J. Masci
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Douglas P. Hamilton: University of Maryland
Michael F. Skrutskie: University of Virginia
Anne J. Verbiscer: University of Virginia
Frank J. Masci: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7555, 185-187

Abstract: Infrared imaging reveals all of Saturn’s faint, outermost ring, showing that it is composed principally of small dust particles and suggesting that particle temperatures are increased because of the radiative inefficiency of the smallest grains.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nature14476

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