| Description: ring_plane indicates the plane upon which parameters such as ring_radius are based. Possible values for the Saturn ring system are 'Equator', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'Phoebe'. For the Uranus ring system values are 'Equator', 'six', 'five', 'four', 'alpha', 'beta', 'eta', 'gamma', 'delta', 'lambda','epsilon',nu, mu. An additional value, 'individual' is also defined. Note that the named rings of Saturn are in title case while those of Uranus are lower case, consistent with normal usage by the community. Required in labels of ring occultation observations. |
| Namespace Id: rings | Steward: rings | Class Name: Occultation_Time_Series | Type: ASCII_Short_String_Collapsed |
| Minimum Value: None | Maximum Value: None | Minimum Characters: 1 | Maximum Characters: 255 |
| Unit of Measure Type: None | Default Unit Id: None | Attribute Concept: None | Conceptual Domain: SHORT_STRING |
| Status: Active | Nillable: false | Pattern: None |
| Permissible Value(s) | Value | Value Meaning |
| | A | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the A Ring. |
| | B | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the B Ring. |
| | C | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the C Ring. |
| | D | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the D Ring. |
| | E | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the E Ring. |
| | Equator | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the equatorial plane of the planet. |
| | F | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the F Ring. |
| | G | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the G Ring. |
| | Phoebe | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Phoebe Ring. |
| | alpha | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Alpha Ring. |
| | beta | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Beta Ring. |
| | delta | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Delta Ring. |
| | epsilon | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Epsilon Ring. |
| | eta | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Eta Ring. |
| | five | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Five Ring. |
| | four | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Four Ring. |
| | gamma | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Gamma Ring. |
| | individual | When parameters such as ring_radius are given in the data file for multiple rings, each set of parameters for a specific ring were determined based on the plane of that specific ring. |
| | lambda | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Lambda Ring. |
| | mu | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Mu Ring. |
| | nu | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Nu Ring. |
| | six | Parameters such as ring_radius were determined based on the plane of the Six Ring. |