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We have performed broadband color photometry of the twelve brightest irregular satellites of Saturn with the goal of understanding their surface composition, as well as their physical relationship. We find that the satellites have a wide variety of different surface colors, from the negative spectra...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.316.7790 2023-05-15T16:55:05+02:00 Corresponding author: Tommy Grav James Bauer The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2008 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.316.7790 http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0611590v1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.316.7790 http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0611590v1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0611590v1.pdf Irregular satellites Photometry Satellites Surfaces Saturn text 2008 ftciteseerx 2016-09-04T00:08:34Z We have performed broadband color photometry of the twelve brightest irregular satellites of Saturn with the goal of understanding their surface composition, as well as their physical relationship. We find that the satellites have a wide variety of different surface colors, from the negative spectral slopes of the two retrograde satellites S IX Phoebe (S ′ = −2.5±0.4 %/100nm) and S XXV Mundilfari (S ′ = −5.0 ± 1.9 %/100nm) to the fairly red slope of S XXII Ijiraq (S ′ = 19.5 ± 0.9 %/100nm). We further find that there exist a correlation between dynamical families and spectral slope, with the prograde clusters, the Gallic and Inuit, showing tight clustering in colors among most of their members. The retrograde objects are dynamically and physically more dispersed, but some internal structure is apparent. Text inuit Unknown Phoebe ENVELOPE(-68.765,-68.765,-71.791,-71.791) |
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We have performed broadband color photometry of the twelve brightest irregular satellites of Saturn with the goal of understanding their surface composition, as well as their physical relationship. We find that the satellites have a wide variety of different surface colors, from the negative spectral slopes of the two retrograde satellites S IX Phoebe (S ′ = −2.5±0.4 %/100nm) and S XXV Mundilfari (S ′ = −5.0 ± 1.9 %/100nm) to the fairly red slope of S XXII Ijiraq (S ′ = 19.5 ± 0.9 %/100nm). We further find that there exist a correlation between dynamical families and spectral slope, with the prograde clusters, the Gallic and Inuit, showing tight clustering in colors among most of their members. The retrograde objects are dynamically and physically more dispersed, but some internal structure is apparent. |
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