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Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS

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  • P.D. Nicholson
  • T. Ansty
  • M.M. Hedman
  • D. Creel
  • J. Ahlers
  • R.A. Harbison
  • R.H. Brown
  • R.N. Clark
  • K.H. Baines
  • B.J. Buratti
  • C. Sotin
  • S.V. Badman
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Article number113356
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/07/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>Icarus
Volume344
Number of pages39
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date6/07/19
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We describe the prediction, design, execution and calibration of stellar and solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) instrument on the Cassini spacecraft. Particular attention is paid to the technique developed for onboard acquisition of the stellar target and to the geometric and photometric calibration of the data. Examples of both stellar and solar occultation data are presented, highlighting several aspects of the data as well as the different occultation geometries encountered during Cassini's 13-year orbital tour. Complete catalogs of ring stellar and solar occultations observed by Cassini-VIMS are presented, as a guide to the standard data sets which have been delivered to the Planetary Data System's Ring Moon Systems Node (Hedman and Nicholson, 2019b).

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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Icarus. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Icarus, 344, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.017