Table 7: Summary of the Saturn model: Rayleigh-Jeans brightness temperature of the Saturn sub-Earth point and the different contributions we have taken into account. The predictions of the model are compared with the PRONAOS/SPM observations.
$\lambda$ [ $~{\rm\mu m}$] 200 260 360 580
sub-Earth point [K] 70.9 $\pm$ 3.5 79.3 $\pm$ 4.0 96.0 $\pm$ 4.8 111.5 $\pm$ 5.6
correction terms [K]        
limb darkening -2.6 $\pm$ 1.3 -2.9 $\pm$ 1.4 -3.6 $\pm$ 1.7 -4.1 $\pm$ 2
ring emission +6.9 $\pm$ 1.2 +8.8 $\pm$ 1.4 +12.6 $\pm$ 1.4 +14.3 $\pm$ 1.4
ring absorption -3.8 $\pm$ 0.1 -4.2 $\pm$ 0.2 -5.1 $\pm$ 0.2 -5.9 $\pm$ 0.2
polar tilt $\sim$0 $\sim$0 $\sim$0 $\sim$0
phase & shadowing $\sim$0 $\sim$0 $\sim$0 $\sim$0
whole planet model [K] 71.4 $\pm$ 3.7 81 $\pm$ 4.2 99.9 $\pm$ 5.0 115.8 $\pm$ 5.8
PRONAOS/SPM observations [K] 63.6 $\pm$ 5.0 72.0 $\pm$ 5.7 90.6 $\pm$ 7.2 114.8 $\pm$ 9.2
observation/model 0.89 $\pm$ 0.12 0.89 $\pm$ 0.12 0.91 $\pm$ 0.12 0.99 $\pm$ 0.13


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