A New Look at the Saturn System: The Voyager 2 Images

A. Smith, Bradford; Soderblom, Laurence; Batson, Raymond; Bridges, Patricia; Inge, Jay; Masursky, Harold; Shoemaker, Eugene; Beebe, Reta; Boyce, Joseph; Briggs, Geoffrey; Bunker, Anne; A. Collins, Stewart; J. Hansen, Candice; V. Johnson, Torrence; L. Mitchell, Jim; J. Terrile, Richard; F. Cook, Allan; Cuzzi, Jeffrey; B. Pollack, James; Edward Danielson, G.; P. Ingersoll, Andrew; E. Davies, Merton; E. Hunt, Garry; Morrison, David; Owen, Tobias; Sagan, Carl; Veverka, Joseph; Strom, Robert; E. Suomi, Verner

doi:10.1126/science.215.4532.504

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A New Look at the Saturn System: The Voyager 2 Images

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Authors:

Bradford A. Smith

Laurence Soderblom

Raymond Batson

Abstract

Voyager 2 photography has complemented that of Voyager I in revealing many additional characteristics of Saturn and its satellites and rings. Saturn's atmosphere contains persistent oval cloud features reminiscent of features on Jupiter. Smaller irregular features track out a pattern of zonal winds ...

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