Modeling Cassini Occultations for High Resolution Simulations of Saturn’s Rings
Abstract
We present the preliminary results of attempts to accurately model Cassini occultations numerically with high-resolution patch simulations of Saturn’s rings. The simulations use particle distributions that match measurements of surface densities from density waves and particle sizes distributions that extend down to radii of a decimeter or smaller. Synthetic occultation measurements are produced using ray tracing techniques with geometries that match those of various Cassini observations for comparison.
- Publication:
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AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #47
- Pub Date:
- November 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015DPS....4721808L