Bending waves in Saturn's rings

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Feb 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...53..185s&link_type=abstract

(Saturn Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 11-15, 1982.) Icarus, vol. 53, Feb. 1983, p. 185-206.

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Brightness Distribution, Density Wave Model, Gravitational Effects, Saturn Rings, Amplitudes, Corrugating, Kinematics, Mimas, Thickness, Wave Equations, Saturn, Rings, Density Waves, Brightness, A Ring, Resonance, Mimas, Satellites, Gravity Effects, Comparisons, Hypotheses, Observations, Thickness, Voyager, Earth-Based Observations, Patterns

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Saturn A ring brightness variations are investigated and noted to be caused by vertical corrugations of the local ring plane due to a spiral bending wave, resonantly excited by Mimas, which propagates inwardly by way of the ring particle collective gravity. Some aspects of the presently developed theory of forced bending waves have been previously treated in the galactic context. It is noted that the theory is generally in good agreement with observations, and in particular may resolve the conflict between ground-based estimates of 1-2 km for the global ring thickness and Voyager stellar occultation measurements of less than 200 m for the local ring thickness.

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