Coronal occultation of Voyager 2, 1979 August

Probing Titan’s Atmosphere with the 1995 August Stellar Occultation

On 1995 August 21, Saturn’s moon Titan occulted the 13th magnitude star GSC5254-00997. The predawn event was observed at 2.3 μm with the NASA 3.0-m Infrared Telescope Facility. We measured the average atmospheric scale height between latitudes 50◦S and 67◦S by fitting isothermal models to the immersion portion of the occultation lightcurve. Within the altitude range of 300 to 500 km, we find an...

Michael Abercrombie 14 August 1912 to 28 May 1979.

[Feodor Lynen, 6 April 1911-6 August 1979].

Voyager 2 Observations of Plasmas and Flows

Voyager 2 has crossed through 20 AU of the heliosheath; assuming the same heliosheath thickness as at Voyager 1, it is now two-thirds of the way to the heliopause. The plasma data are generally of good quality, although the increasing flow angle of the plasma makes analysis more difficult. The average plasma speed has remained constant but the flow angles have increased to almost 60◦ in the RT ...

Voyager 2 encounter with the saturnian system.

An overview of the Voyager 2 encounter with Saturn is presented, including a brief discussion of the trajectory, the planned observations, and highlights of the results described in the subsequent reports.