The Sun and Earth passed through Saturn's ring plane in
1995 and 1996, providing a unique opportunity to observe
Saturn's faintest rings and smallest satellites. The edge-
on viewing geometry also permited direct observations of
the main rings' thickness, and the timing of satellite
eclipses and mutual events that can be used to improve
ephemerides.
The Rings Node has prepared data sets from several of the
observations made during the RPX observing campaign. These
are summarized in the following table which also provides
links to the data.
Accessing Saturn RPX Data
Note: Only those volumes showing a status of "Archived" have
fully completed the PDS peer review process.
Clicking on the VOLUME_ID will allow you to browse the
volume.
To download an entire volume, right click on that
volume's "Bundled" link.
The bundled volumes are provided in .tar.gz format. For
information on opening files of this type, click
here.
The Rings Node is also archiving other ring plane
crossing data sets from those observers willing to provide them. For more
information please contact us.
More information on the 1995-6 Observing Campaign
On-line facilities
from the 1995-6 observing campaign
are still available but no longer supported. Included are
diagrams, planning tools, ephemerides and workshop proceedings.