HR: 0800h
AN: P31A-0186    [Abstracts]
TI: Results from the 2007 Radio Occultations of Cassini by Saturn
AU: * Schinder, P J
EM: paul.schinder@ssedmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Cornell University, Dept. of Astronomy, Ithaca, NY 14853,
AU: Flasar, F M
EM: f.m.flasar@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 693, Greenbelt, MD 20771,
AU: Marouf, E A
EM: emarouf@email.sjsu.edu
AF: San Jose State University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, San Jose, CA 95192,
AU: French, R G
EM: rfrench@wellesley.edu
AF: Wellesley College, Dept. of Astronomy, Wellesley, MA 02481,
AU: McGhee, C A
EM: cmcghee@firstclass.wellesley.edu
AF: Wellesley College, Dept. of Astronomy, Wellesley, MA 02481,
AB: Six radio occultations of Cassini by Saturn have occurred or will occur in 2007, on May 10, June 11, June 26, October 24, December 3, and (after this meeting) on December 19. Unlike the 2005 series of occultations that were diametric and within 10 degrees of the equator, this series of occultations covered a wide range of latitudes from ~ 66 S to ~ 70 N. We present the temperature - pressure profiles obtained from the first 5 occultations of 2007, and compare them with the earlier Cassini and Voyager occultations.
DE: 0343 Planetary atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704)
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting