Moonlets and Clumps in Saturn's F Ring

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006dps....38.4702m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #47.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.572

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Cassini UVIS star occultations by the F ring reveal 9 events ranging in size from 30m to 600m in width. One opaque event is identified, with the possible classification of a "moonlet.” We recognize these events as aggregations resulting from the balance between fragmentation and accretion processes. Ongoing destruction of small bodies in the rings continually creates ring particles, while continuing recycling balances this destruction by building aggregations of particles. Such a balance could indicate ancient rings composed of recycled constituents. This research was supported by the Cassini Project.

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