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Cassini UVIS Observations of Saturn during the Grand Finale Orbits (Invited)
Pryor, Wayne R; Esposito, Larry W; West, Robert et al.
2017American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 20177
 

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Keywords :
Saturn; Cassini; Grand Finale
Abstract :
[en] In 2016 and 2017, the Cassini Saturn orbiter executed a final series of high inclination, low-periapsis orbits ideal for studies of Saturn's polar regions. The Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) obtained an extensive set of auroral images, some at the highest spatial resolution obtained during Cassini's long orbital mission (2004-2017). In some cases, two or three spacecraft slews at right angles to the long slit of the spectrograph were required to cover the entire auroral region to form auroral images. We will present selected images from this set showing narrow arcs of emission, more diffuse auroral emissions, multiple auroral arcs in a single image, discrete spots of emission, small scale vortices, large-scale spiral forms, and parallel linear features that appear to cross in places like twisted wires. Some shorter features are transverse to the main auroral arcs, like barbs on a wire. UVIS observations were in some cases simultaneous with auroral observations from the Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) that will also be presented. UVIS polar images also contain spectral information suitable for studies of the auroral electron energy distribution. The long wavelength part of the UVIS polar images contains a signal from reflected sunlight containing absorption signatures of acetylene and other Saturn hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon spatial distribution will also be examined.
Research center :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Pryor, Wayne R;  Central Arizona College, USA
Esposito, Larry W;  University of Colorado at Boulder - CU
West, Robert;  NASA, JPL, USA
Jouchoux, Alain;  University of Colorado at Boulder - CU
Radioti, Aikaterini ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Grodent, Denis  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Gérard, Jean-Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Gustin, Jacques;  Université de Liège - ULiège > LPAP
Lamy, Laurent;  Observatoire de Paris, France
Badman, Sarah V;  Lancaster University, UK
Language :
English
Title :
Cassini UVIS Observations of Saturn during the Grand Finale Orbits (Invited)
Publication date :
11 December 2017
Event name :
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 20177
Event organizer :
AGU
Event place :
New Orleans, LA, United States
Event date :
11-15 Dec 2017 Dec 2017
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/293482
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