Spectrophotometric study of Saturn's atmosphere during a 16-year period (1995-2010)
Abstract
The latitudinal variations of the methane absorption bands on Saturn at a wavelength range of 580-900 nm from Saturn's 1995 equinox till 2009 equinox are considered. Significant differences were detected in the behavior of absorption bands in the S- and N-hemispheres which may be connected with the differences in heliocentric distances of Saturn before the 1995 equinox and before the 2009 equinox.
- Publication:
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Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions
- Pub Date:
- August 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013A&AT...28..121T
- Keywords:
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- Saturn;
- Spectra;
- Molecular absorption;
- Seasonal changes