Abstract Voyager 2 images of Saturn's rings have been analyzed for spoke activity. More than 80 and 40 different spokes have been measured at the morning and at the evening ansa, respectively. Higher rate of spoke formation has been found at 145° ± 15° SLS and at 305° ± 15° SLS which persisted for at least 3 Saturn revolutions. Higher spoke activity (formation and growth in width) by more than a factor 3 has been observed over the nightside hemisphere of Saturn than over the dayside hemisphere. The age distribution (i.e. time from radial formation until observation, assuming Keplerian shear) of the leading (old) edges of spokes has its maximum at ∼ 9,000 s and ∼ 6,000 s for spokes observed at the morning ansa and at the evening ansa, respectively. The highest spoke age observed is ∼ 20,000 s. The age distribution of the trailing (young) edges of spokes peaks at < 2,000 s at both ansae but has its mean at ∼ 4,500 s and ∼ 3,500 s, respectively. On the average the observed spokes grew in width for ∼ 4,500 s at the morning ansa and for ∼ 2,500 s at the evening ansa. The maximum time of growth in width was ∼ 12,000 s.


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    Title :

    Kinematics of Saturn's spokes


    Contributors:
    Grün, E. (author) / Garneau, G.W. (author) / Terrile, R.J. (author) / Johnson, T.V. (author) / Morfill, G.E. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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