DARK AURORAL OVAL ON SATURN DISCOVERED IN HUBBLE-SPACE-TELESCOPE ULTRAVIOLET IMAGES

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作者：
BENJAFFEL, L
LEERS, V
SANDEL, BR
机构：
[1] CNRS, INST ASTROPHYS PARIS, F-75014 PARIS, FRANCE
[2] UNIV LIEGE, INST ASTROPHYS, PHYS ATMOSPHER & PLANETAIRE LAB, B-4000 LIEGE, BELGIUM
[3] UNIV ARIZONA, LUNAR & PLANETARY LAB, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
来源：
SCIENCE | 1995年 / 269卷 / 5226期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.269.5226.951
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Hubble Space,Telescope ultraviolet images of Saturn obtained with the Faint Object Camera near 220 nanometers reveal a dark oval encircling the north magnetic pole of the planet. The opacity has an equivalent width of similar to 11 degrees in latitude and is centered around similar to 79 degrees N. The oval shape of the dark structure and its coincidence with the aurora detected by the Voyager Ultraviolet Spectrometer suggest that the aerosol formation is related to the auroral activity.
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