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Science 19 August 1977:
Vol. 197. no. 4305, pp. 755 - 757
DOI: 10.1126/science.197.4305.755-a
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Detection of Lyman agr Emission from the Saturnian Disk and from the Ring System

H. WEISER 1, R. C. VITZ 1, and H. W. Moos 1

1 Department of Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

A rocket-borne spectrograph detected H I Lyman agr emission from the disk of Saturn and from the vicinity of the planet. The signal is consistent with an emission brightness of 700 rayleighs for the disk and 200 rayleighs for the vicinity of Saturn. The emission from the vicinity of the planet may be due to a hydrogen atmosphere associated with the saturnian ring system.

Submitted on February 7, 1977
Revised on May 6, 1977


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