[IAUC] CBET 668: 20061011 : NEW RINGS OF SATURN

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 668
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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NEW RINGS OF SATURN
     C. C. Porco, CICLOPS, Space Science Institute, Boulder; and the
Cassini Imaging Science Team report the sighting of several new rings
around Saturn.  One new diffuse ring, R/2006 S 1, has been found at an
orbital distance of about 151500 km, coincident with the co-orbital
satellites, Saturn X (Janus) and XI (Epimetheus) with a radial width of
about 5000 km.  Another new diffuse ring, R/2006 S 2, has been found
coincident with the tiny moon Saturn XXXIII (Pallene; IAUC 8389), at an
orbital distance of about 212000 km and radial width of about 2500 km.
Two other newly sighted rings have been seen within the Cassini division.
R/2006 S 3 is located in the outer gap of the Cassini division at an
orbital distance of 119930 km, with a radial width of about 50 km.
Finally, a very narrow, discontinuous, and tenuous ringlet, R/2006 S 4,
has been seen in between two broad bands in the Cassini division, at an
orbital distance of 118960 km; its width is about 6 km.  R/2006 S 3
appears to have substantial numbers of small particles as it brightens
considerably at high-phase-viewing geometries.


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2006 October 11                  (CBET 668)               Daniel W. E. Green