Saturn - Ribbon-like Wave Structure in Atmosphere
Photograph
Saturn - Ribbon-like Wave Structure in Atmosphere
November 10, 1980
Chromogenic development print
Image: 6 15/16 × 9 5/8 in. (17.6 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 1/4 in. (20.3 × 26 cm)
Matted: 14 × 17 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 43.2 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of NASA
Inscriptions verso (applied label, typed): PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE/JET PROPULSION LABORATORY/CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 91109. TELEPHONE: (213) 354-5011/PHOTO CAPTION (TOP) P-23097 C/ S-1-37/ November 12, 1980/ A view of Saturn's clouds extending from 40° to 60° N latitude/ shows a ribbon-like wave structure in the south with small/ convective features marking a westward jet in the north./ This image was obtained on November 10, 1980 when Voyager 1/ was at a distance of 3,500,000 kilometers (2,200,000 miles)/ from Saturn. The smallest resolved features in this photo-/graph are 65 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter. Images/ with similar resolution indicate that Saturn's circulation/ is somewhat different from Jupiter's. The maximum westward/ velocities seen on Saturn are located in the middle of the/ darker regions, while on Jupiter they are located at the/ poleward interface between belts and zones. The Voyager/ Project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA.
