Adaptive optics observations of small moons of Saturn

We report near-infrared observations of Prometheus and Janus taken on 9 and 13 November 2000 (UT) with the Palomar Adaptive Optics System on the 5-m Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory. Dione, Rhea, and Tethys were used as guide “stars ” for the adaptive optics system, and, though they were outsid...

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Main Authors: Richard G. Dekany, C Mitchell Troy, Eric E. Bloemhof D
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.630.8449
http://ao.jpl.nasa.gov/Palao/Publications/Scientific/Adaptive_optics_observations_of_small_moons_of_saturn.pdf