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Cassini imaging search rules out rings around Rhea

  1. Matthew S. Tiscareno1,
  2. Joseph A. Burns1,2,
  3. Jeffrey N. Cuzzi3,
  4. Matthew M. Hedman1

Article first published online: 29 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043663

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Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical Research Letters

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How to Cite

Tiscareno, M. S., J. A. Burns, J. N. Cuzzi, and M. M. Hedman (2010), Cassini imaging search rules out rings around Rhea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L14205, doi:10.1029/2010GL043663.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

  2. 2

    College of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

  3. 3

    NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 JUL 2010
  2. Article first published online: 29 JUL 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 JUN 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 JUN 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 19 APR 2010

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Keywords:

  • Rhea;
  • Rhea rings

[1] We have conducted an intensive search using the Cassini ISS narrow-angle camera to identify any material that may orbit Rhea. Our results contradict an earlier and surprising inference that Rhea, the second-largest moon of Saturn, possesses a system of narrow rings embedded in a broad circum-satellite disk or cloud.

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