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Saturn’s Rings: Pre-Cassini Status and Mission Goals

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The Cassini-Huygens Mission

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Theoretical and observational progress in studies of Saturn’s ring system since the mid-1980s is reviewed, focussing on advances in configuration and dynamics, composition and size distribution, dust and meteoroids, interactions of the rings with the planet and the magnetosphere, and relationships between the rings and various satellites. The Cassini instrument suite of greatest relevance to ring studies is also summarized, emphasizing how the individual instruments might work together to solve outstanding problems. The Cassini tour is described from the standpoint of ring studies, and major ring science goals are summarized.

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    J. N. Cuzzi

  2. Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 245-3, Moffett Field, California, USA

    J. N. Cuzzi

  3. Laboratory for Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    J. E. Colwell & L. W. Esposito

  4. Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    C. C. Porco

  5. Mathematics Department, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, England

    C. D. Murray

  6. Astronomy Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    P. D. Nicholson

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    E. A. Marouf

  9. Astromy Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA

    R. C. French

  10. Geological and Planetary Sciences Department, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Cuzzi, J.N. et al. (2003). Saturn’s Rings: Pre-Cassini Status and Mission Goals. In: Russell, C.T. (eds) The Cassini-Huygens Mission. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3251-2_7

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