Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978natur.272..802i&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 272, Apr. 27, 1978, p. 802, 803. NASA-NSF-supported research.
Physics
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Natural Satellites, Orbital Mechanics, Uranus Rings, Ariel, Miranda, Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics), Particle Collisions, Particle Density (Concentration), Poynting-Robertson Effect, Three Body Problem, Trapped Particles, Two Body Problem, Uranus (Planet), Uranus, Rings, Planets, Satellites, Origin
Scientific paper
The role of Miranda-Ariel orbital resonances in determining the structure of the rings of Uranus is discussed. In particular, it is argued that the three-body orbital resonances of Miranda and Ariel may function as a mechanism for the formation of narrow rings, rather than as a mechanism for trapping freely orbiting particles; the formation of narrow rings, in this hypothesis, would involve an inelastic collision process. The narrowness of the resonances may account for the sharply defined ring boundaries.
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