Author: Spencer J.
Publisher: Academic Press
ISSN: 0019-1035
Source: Icarus, Vol.136, Iss.2, 1998-12, pp. : 349-352
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Abstract
New 4800–7200 Å spectra of Saturn's rings, and the icy saturnian satellites Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus, do not show the weak 5773 and 6275 Å absorption bands due to high-density condensed O2 that are seen, with a maximum depth of 1.8%, on Ganymede's trailing side. The 5773 Å band depth must be ≤0.6% (and very probably ≤0.3%) on the rings, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and the trailing side of Iapetus, and ≤1.2% on the trailing side of Enceladus. The lack of detectable absorption does not rule out abundant O2 molecules that are separated too well to produce these absorption bands. The observations show that the presence of O3, recently detected on Rhea and Dione (Noll
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