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SATURN'S F RING IS STILL A MYSTERY SINCE ITS DISCOVERY BY PIONEER 11. MOST OF THE TOOLS USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE INFINITE CHANGING APPEARANCE OF THE F RING ARE THE IMAGES FROM THE CASSINI MISSION AND RADIAL SCANS FROM STELLAR OCCULTATIONS.THIS NEW PROPOSAL HAS THE GOAL TO CREATE MAPS OF SATURN'S F RING USING ISS IMAGING DATA.ISS HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN 20 MOVIES OF THE F RING THAT ARE FEATURING A FIXED WINDOW OF INERTIAL LONGITUDE IN WHICH THE F RING MATERIAL MOVES THROUGHOUT THE WINDOW. WE PROPOSE TO BUILD MOSAICS IN 360 DEGREES OF LONGITUDE USING A ROBUST MOUTHED THAT HAS BEEN USED TO PROVIDE THE FIRST MOSAICS OF THE F RING WHICH WE PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE IN 2005.WE WILL USE THE DATA AVAILABLE IN THE PDS NODE AND THE MOSAICS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE PDS NODE.WITH THE INCOMING "F RING ORBITS" DURING THE CASSINI GRAND FINALE THE MOSAICS WILL BE HAVE A LARGE IMPACT FOR ALL CASSINI TEAMS AND TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BEYOND CASSINI.

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SATURN'S F RING IS STILL A MYSTERY SINCE ITS DISCOVERY BY PIONEER 11. MOST OF THE TOOLS USED TO CHARACTERIZE THE INFINITE CHANGING APPEARANCE OF THE F RING ARE THE IMAGES FROM THE CASSINI MISSION AND RADIAL SCANS FROM STELLAR OCCULTATIONS.THIS NEW PROPOSAL HAS THE GOAL TO CREATE MAPS OF SATURN'S F RING USING ISS IMAGING DATA.ISS HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN 20 MOVIES OF THE F RING THAT ARE FEATURING A FIXED WINDOW OF INERTIAL LONGITUDE IN WHICH THE F RING MATERIAL MOVES THROUGHOUT THE WINDOW. WE PROPOSE TO BUILD MOSAICS IN 360 DEGREES OF LONGITUDE USING A ROBUST MOUTHED THAT HAS BEEN USED TO PROVIDE THE FIRST MOSAICS OF THE F RING WHICH WE PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE IN 2005.WE WILL USE THE DATA AVAILABLE IN THE PDS NODE AND THE MOSAICS WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE PDS NODE.WITH THE INCOMING "F RING ORBITS" DURING THE CASSINI GRAND FINALE THE MOSAICS WILL BE HAVE A LARGE IMPACT FOR ALL CASSINI TEAMS AND TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BEYOND CASSINI. · GrantIndex