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Table 3

Beacon geometry data at the time of the Herschel/PACS observations.

Window 1: July 2011

Date λb Δλb φb Δφb Sb (cm2)

2011-07-12 13:25:00 52 65 35 35 2.8×1019

Window 2: February 2012

Date λb Δλb φb Δφb Sb (cm2)

2012-02-02 00:32:00 222 52 31 26 1.5 × 1019
2012-02-02 22:01:00 224 52 31 26 1.5 × 1019

Window 3: July–August 2012

Date λb Δλb φb Δφb Sb (cm2)

2012-07-29 17:25:00 46 41 30 25 0.9 × 1019
2012-08-10 18:17:00 82 40 30 25 0.9 × 1019

Window 4: January–February 2013

Date λb Δλb φb Δφb Sb (cm2)

2013-01-30 03:47:00 241 29 30? 25? 0.6×1019 ?
2013-02-02 06:37:00 250 29 30? 25? 0.6×1019 ?

Notes. The beacon central longitudes (λb) were estimated following the beacon drift rate presented in Section 3.1.3. The beacon longitudinal extensions (Δλb) were calculated from the thermal contour at 160 K at the 2 mbar level from the Cassini/CIRS longitude-pressure thermal fields presented in Section 3.1 and in Fig. A.1. The beacon latitudinal extensions (Δλb) were estimated in the same method for the two windows of 2012. For the first window, we deduced the beacon latitudinal extension from the IRTF/TEXES observations of Fouchet et al. (2016). For the last window only (January–February 2013), as the latitude-pressure thermal field was not measured, the beacon latitudinal data are taken as upper limits from the previous window in July–August 2012. The lack of knowledge on this window is depicted by a ‘?’ symbol. The beacon central latitudes (φb) are deduced from the middle of the latitudinal extension. The beacon surface area Sb is defined from the thermal contour at 160 K at the 2 mbar level, from the final 3D thermal fields built in Section 3.1.

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