The spokes are modeled as a two-component system of persistent diamagnetic pyrolytic carbon and transient diamagnetic ice grains whose visibility and dynamics are controlled by electromagnetic interactions with Saturn's magnetosphere and solar elevation.
0.236 ± 0.017, t = 2.88, p = 0.006), consistent with spoke darkening, possibly due to carbon absorption (Cuzzi & Estrada, 1998)
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The Two-component Model of the 'spokes' in Saturn's Rings
The spokes are modeled as a two-component system of persistent diamagnetic pyrolytic carbon and transient diamagnetic ice grains whose visibility and dynamics are controlled by electromagnetic interactions with Saturn's magnetosphere and solar elevation.