Moonlets in Saturn's rings

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Aug 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981natur.292..707l&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 292, Aug. 20, 1981, p. 707-711.

Mathematics

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Brightness, Particle Size Distribution, Planetology, Ring Structures, Saturn Rings, Optical Thickness, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Saturn, Rings, Brightness, Cassini Division, Perturbations, Gaps, Size, Satellites, Particles, Gravity Effects, Resonance, Mathematical Models, Optical Properties, Voyager 1, Comparisons, Equilibrium, Ringlets, Mimas, Dynamics

Scientific paper

The brightness structure within Cassini's division in Saturn's rings is explained in terms of perturbations produced by moonlets embedded within an optically thin disk of smaller ring particles. The moonlets exert gravitational torques on neighboring ring particles and create gaps; diffusion acts to fill the gaps. A new explanation is offered for the inner edge of the Cassini division being located at the 2:1 resonance with Mimas.

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