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Cassini Encounters Enceladus: Background and the Discovery of a South Polar Hot Spot by Spencer, J. R, Pearl, J. C, Segura, M, Flasar, F. M, Mamoutkine, A, Romani, P, Buratti, B. J, Hendrix, A. R, Spilker, L. J, Lopes, R. M. C

“…The Cassini spacecraft completed three close flybys of Saturn's enigmatic moon Enceladus between February and July 2005. On the third and closest flyby, on 14…”
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Evolving View of Saturn's Dynamic Rings by Cuzzi, J.N, Burns, J.A, Charnoz, S, Clark, R.N, Colwell, J.E, Dones, L, Esposito, L.W, Filacchione, G, French, R.G, Hedman, M.M, Kempf, S, Marouf, E.A, Murray, C.D, Nicholson, P.D, Porco, C.C, Schmidt, J, Showalter, M.R, Spilker, L.J, Spitale, J.N, Srama, R, Sremčević, M, Tiscareno, M.S, Weiss, J

“…We review our understanding of Saturn's rings after nearly 6 years of observations by the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings are composed mostly of water ice…”
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Exploring The Saturn System In The Thermal Infrared: The Composite Infrared Spectrometer by Flasar, F M, Kunde, V G, Abbas, M M, Achterberg, R K, Ade, P, Barucci, A, B'ezard, B, Bjoraker, G L, Brasunas, J C, Calcutt, S, Carlson, R, C'esarsky, C J, Conrath, B J, Coradini, A, Courtin, R, Coustenis, A, Edberg, S, Edgington, S, Ferrari, C, Fouchet, T, Gautier, D, Gierasch, P J, Grossman, K, Irwin, P, Jennings, DE, Lellouch, E, Mamoutkine, A A, Marten, A, Meyer, J P, Nixon, CA, Orton, G S, Owen, T C, Pearl, J C, Prang'e, R, Raulin, F, Read, P L, Romani, P N, Samuelson, R E, Segura, ME, Showalter, M R, Simon-Miller, A A, Smith, MD, Spencer, J R, Spilker, L J, Taylor, F W

“…The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) is a remote-sensing Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) on the Cassini orbiter that measures thermal radiation over…”
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Temperatures, Winds, and Composition in the Saturnian System by Flasar, F. M, Achterberg, R. K, Conrath, B. J, Pearl, J. C, Bjoraker, G. L, Jennings, D. E, Romani, P. N, Simon-Miller, A. A, Kunde, V. G, Nixon, C. A, Bézard, B, Orton, G. S, Spilker, L. J, Spencer, J. R, Irwin, P. G. J, Teanby, N. A, Owen, T. C, Brasunas, J, Segura, M. E, Carlson, R. C, Mamoutkine, A, Gierasch, P. J, Schinder, P. J, Showalter, M. R, Ferrari, C, Barucci, A, Courtin, R, Coustenis, A, Fouchet, T, Gautier, D, Lellouch, E, Marten, A, Prangé, R, Strobel, D. F, Calcutt, S. B, Read, P. L, Taylor, F. W, Bowles, N, Samuelson, R. E, Abbas, M. M, Raulin, F, Ade, P, Edgington, S, Pilorz, S, Wallis, B, Wishnow, E. H

“…Stratospheric temperatures on Saturn imply a strong decay of the equatorial winds with altitude. If the decrease in winds reported from recent Hubble Space…”
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Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition from the Cassini Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment by Kunde, V. G., Flasar, F. M., Jennings, D. E., Bézard, B., Strobel, D. F., Conrath, B. J., Nixon, C. A., Bjoraker, G. L., Romani, P. N., Achterberg, R. K., Simon-Miller, A. A., Irwin, P., Brasunas, J. C., Pearl, J. C., Smith, M. D., Orton, G. S., Gierasch, P. J., Spilker, L. J., Carbon, R. C., Mamoutkine, A. A., Calcutt, S. B., Read, P. L., Taylor, F. W., Fouchet, T., Parrish, P., Barucci, A., Courtin, R., Coustenis, A., Gautier, D., Lellouch, E., Marten, A., Prangé, R., Biraud, Y., Ferrari, C., Owen, T. C., Abbas, M. M., Samuelson, R. E., Raulin, F., Ade, P., Césarsky, C. J., Grossman, K. U., Coradini, A.

“…The Composite Infrared Spectrometer observed Jupiter in the thermal infrared during the swing-by of the Cassini spacecraft. Results include the detection of…”
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Titan's Atmospheric Temperatures, Winds, and Composition by Flasar, F. M., Achterberg, R. K., Conrath, B. J., Gierasch, P. J., Kunde, V. G., Nixon, C. A., Bjoraker, G. L., Jennings, D. E., Romani, P. N., Simon-Miller, A. A., Bézard, B., Coustenis, A., Irwin, P. G. J., Teanby, N. A., Brasunas, J., Pearl, J. C., Segura, M. E., Carlson, R. C., Mamoutkine, A., Schinder, P. J., Barucci, A., Courtin, R., Fouchet, T., Gautier, D., Lellouch, E., Marten, A., Prangé, R., Vinatier, S., Strobel, D. F., Calcutt, S. B., Read, P. L., Taylor, F. W., Bowles, N., Samuelson, R. E., Orton, G. S., Spilker, L. J., Owen, T. C., Spencer, J. R., Showalter, M. R., Ferrari, C., Abbas, M. M., Raulin, F., Edgington, S., Ade, P., Wishnow, E. H.

“…Temperatures obtained from early Cassini infrared observations of Titan show a stratopause at an altitude of 310 kilometers (and 186 kelvin at$15\textdegree…”
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Cassini–VIMS observations of Saturn’s main rings: I. Spectral properties and temperature radial profiles variability with phase angle and elevation by Filacchione, G., Ciarniello, M., Capaccioni, F., Clark, R.N., Nicholson, P.D., Hedman, M.M., Cuzzi, J.N., Cruikshank, D.P., Dalle Ore, C.M., Brown, R.H., Cerroni, P., Altobelli, N., Spilker, L.J.

“…•VIS–IR spectrograms are built from ten Cassini–VIMS ring mosaics.•Spectral properties are inferred using VIS slopes, water ice band depths and I/F…”
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Saturn's Rings: pre-Cassini Status and Mission Goals by Cuzzi, J N, Colwell, JE, Esposito, L W, Porco, C C, Murray, C D, Nicholson, P D, Spilker, L J, Marouf, E A, French, R C, Rappaport, N, Muhleman, D

“…Theoretical and observational progress in studies of Saturn's ring system since the mid-1980s is reviewed, focussing on advances in configuration and dynamics,…”
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An intense stratospheric jet on Jupiter by Flasar, F. M, Kunde, V. G, Achterberg, R. K, Conrath, B. J, Simon-Miller, A. A, Nixon, C. A, Gierasch, P. J, Romani, P. N, Bézard, B, Irwin, P, Bjoraker, G. L, Brasunas, J. C, Jennings, D. E, Pearl, J. C, Smith, M. D, Orton, G. S, Spilker, L. J, Carlson, R, Calcutt, S. B, Read, P. L, Taylor, F. W, Parrish, P, Barucci, A, Courtin, R, Coustenis, A, Gautier, D, Lellouch, E, Marten, A, Prangé, R, Biraud, Y, Fouchet, T, Ferrari, C, Owen, T. C, Abbas, M. M, Samuelson, R. E, Raulin, F, Ade, P, Césarsky, C. J, Grossman, K. U, Coradini, A

“…The Earth's equatorial stratosphere shows oscillations in which the east-west winds reverse direction and the temperatures change cyclically with a period of…”
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The Cassini/Huygens Mission to the Saturnian System by Matson, Dennis L, Spilker, Linda J, Lebreton, Jean-pierre

“…The international Cassini/Huygens mission consists of the Cassini Saturn Orbiter spacecraft and the Huygens Titan Probe that is targeted for entry into the…”
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The Opposition Effect in Simulated Planetary Regoliths. Reflectance and Circular Polarization Ratio Change at Small Phase Angle by Nelson, R.M., Hapke, B.W., Smythe, W.D., Spilker, L.J.

“…We measured the change in reflectance and in circular polarization ratio with respect to phase angle of a suite of well-sorted, highly reflective, aluminum…”
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CASSINI CIRS OBSERVATIONS OF A ROLL-OFF IN SATURN RING SPECTRA AT SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS by SPILKER, L. J., PILORZ, S. H., EDGINGTON, S. G., WALLIS, B. D., BROOKS, S. M., PEARL, J. C., FLASAR, F. M.

“…The Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) spatially resolved Saturn’s main rings in the far-infrared, measuring the spectrum from 20 to 400…”
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Saturn A ring surface mass densities from spiral density wave dispersion behavior by Spilker, Linda J., Pilorz, Stuart, Lane, Arthur L., Nelson, Robert M., Pollard, Benjamin, Russell, Christopher T.

“…We have undertaken an analysis of the Voyager photopolarimeter (PPS) stellar occultation data of Saturn's A ring. The Voyager PPS observed the bright star δ…”
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Cassini-VIMS observations of Saturn’s main rings: II. A spectrophotometric study by means of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and Hapke’s theory by Ciarniello, M., Filacchione, G., D’Aversa, E., Capaccioni, F., Nicholson, P.D., Cuzzi, J.N., Clark, R.N., Hedman, M.M., Dalle Ore, C.M., Cerroni, P., Plainaki, C., Spilker, L.J.

“…•Ring spectrophotometric behavior is investigated on VIMS-Cassini radial mosaics.•Light scattering models are used to infer ring composition and physical…”
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Thermal observations of Saturn's main rings by Cassini CIRS: Phase, emission and solar elevation dependence by Altobelli, Nicolas, Spilker, Linda J., Leyrat, Cedric, Pilorz, Stuart

“…Two and a half years after Saturn orbit insertion (SOI) the Cassini composite infrared spectrometer (CIRS) has acquired an extensive set of thermal…”
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TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission by Coustenis, A., Balint, T., Dougherty, M. K., Ferri, F., Fulchignoni, M., Gautier, D., Gowen, R. A., Gurvits, L. I., Langevin, Y., Leese, M. R., Lunine, J. I., Moussas, X., Müller-Wodarg, I., Sittler, E. C., Sohl, F., Tobie, G., Tokano, T., Turtle, E. P., Coates, A. J., Dandouras, I., Lorenz, R. D., Morse, A., Hirtzig, M., Spilker, T., Achilleos, N., Amils, R., Annan, P., Atkinson, D. H., Bénilan, Y., Bertucci, C., Bézard, B., Bjoraker, G. L., Blanc, M., Capria, M. T., Coll, P., Cravens, T., de Pater, I., Dutuit, O., Fairbrother, D., Frampton, R., Fujimoto, M., Galand, M., Grasset, O., Grott, M., Haltigin, T., Herique, A., Hussmann, H., Ip, W., Johnson, R., Kempf, S., Kofman, W., Koop, R., Kostiuk, T., Krupp, N., Lammer, H., Le Mouélic, S., Lebonnois, S., Ledvina, S., Li, J., Livengood, T. A., Luz, D., Mahaffy, P. R., Mall, U., Marty, B., Milillo, A., Mitchell, D. G., Modolo, R., Mousis, O., Neish, C. D., Nna Mvondo, D., Orton, G., Paetzold, M., Pitman, J., Pogrebenko, S., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Rannou, P., Robb, F. T., Rodrigo, R., Rodriguez, S., Romani, P., Ruiz Bermejo, M., Sarris, E. T., Schmitt, B., Schmitz, N., Schulze-Makuch, D., Spilker, L. J., Stam, D., Steele, A., Stephan, K., Strobel, D. F., Szego, K., Szopa, C., Thissen, R., Tomasko, M. G., Vali, H., Vardavas, I., Vuitton, V., West, R. A., Yelle, R., Young, E. F.

“…TandEM was proposed as an L-class (large) mission in response to ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 Call, and accepted for further studies, with the goal of…”
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OSS (Outer Solar System): a fundamental and planetary physics mission to Neptune, Triton and the Kuiper Belt by Christophe, B., Spilker, L. J., Anderson, J. D., André, N., Asmar, S. W., Aurnou, J., Banfield, D., Barucci, A., Bertolami, O., Bingham, R., Brown, P., Cecconi, B., Courty, J. -M., Dittus, H., Fletcher, L. N., Foulon, B., Francisco, F., Gil, P. J. S., Glassmeier, K. H., Grundy, W., Hansen, C., Helbert, J., Helled, R., Hussmann, H., Lamine, B., Lämmerzahl, C., Lamy, L., Lehoucq, R., Lenoir, B., Levy, A., Orton, G., Páramos, J., Poncy, J., Postberg, F., Progrebenko, S. V., Reh, K. R., Reynaud, S., Robert, C., Samain, E., Saur, J., Sayanagi, K. M., Schmitz, N., Selig, H., Sohl, F., Spilker, T. R., Srama, R., Stephan, K., Touboul, P., Wolf, P.

“…The present OSS (Outer Solar System) mission continues a long and bright tradition by associating the communities of fundamental physics and planetary sciences…”
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Infrared observations of Saturn's rings by Cassini CIRS : Phase angle and local time dependence by Leyrat, Cedric, Spilker, Linda J., Altobelli, Nicolas, Pilorz, Stuart, Ferrari, Cecile

“…Since the Saturn orbit insertion (SOI) of the Cassini spacecraft, in July 2004, the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) has obtained a large number…”
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Spinning particles in Saturn's C ring from mid-infrared observations: Pre-Cassini mission results by Leyrat, Cédric, Ferrari, Cécile, Charnoz, Sébastien, Decriem, Judicael, Spilker, Linda J., Pilorz, Stuart

“…Saturn's C ring thermal emission has been observed in mid-infrared wavelengths, at three different epochs and solar phase angles, using ground based…”
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Cassini encounters enceladus : Background and the discovery of a south polar hot spot : Cassini at Enceladus by SPENCER, J. R, PEARL, J. C, SEGURA, M, FLASAR, F. M, MAMOUTKINE, A, ROMANI, P, BURATTI, B. J, HENDRIX, A. R, SPILKER, L. J, LOPES, R. M. C

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