Saturn's Hydrogen Aurora, WFPC2 Imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope

Trauger, J. T.; Clarke, J. T.; Ballester, G. E.; Evans, R. W.; Burrows, C. J.; Crisp, D.; Gallagher, J. S.; Griffiths, R. E.; Hester, J. Jeff; Hoessel, J. G.; Holtzman, J. A.; Mould, J. R.; Sahai, R.; Scowen, P. A.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Watson, A. M.

Saturn's Hydrogen Aurora, WFPC2 Imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope

Trauger, J. T.; Clarke, J. T.; Ballester, G. E.; Evans, R. W.; Burrows, C. J.; Crisp, D.; Gallagher, J. S.; Griffiths, R. E.; Hester, J. Jeff; Hoessel, J. G.; Holtzman, J. A.; Mould, J. R.; Sahai, R.; Scowen, P. A.; Stapelfeldt, K. R.; Watson, A. M.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/20359

Date: 1998-08

Citation: Journal of Geophysical Research
USA

Abstract:

WFPC2/HST images of Saturn's far-ultraviolet aurora reveal emissions confined to a narrow band of latitudes near Saturn's north and south poles. The aurorae are most prominent in the morning sector with patterns that appear fixed in local time.

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