On the damping of the bending waves in Saturn's ring

Details On the damping of the bending waves in Saturn's ring On the damping of the bending waves in Saturn's ring

Dec 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988japa....9..243c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (ISSN 0250-6335), vol. 9, Dec. 1988, p. 243-248.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Celestial Mechanics, Many Body Problem, Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics), Saturn Rings, Astronomical Models, Bending, Energy Dissipation, Mimas, Shear Layers

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The motion of a single particle in the bending wave of finite thickness in Saturn's ring is studied numerically. The forcing due to the planet, a moon, the coriolis force, and the self gravity of the ring are included. The variation of the velocity arising due to the variation of the amplitude and the phase of the epicyclic motion across the local vertical height of the ring is computed. It is suggested that the dissipation of energy due to the collision of ring particles in this shear layer damps out the bending wave of Saturn's ring at the 5:3 vertical resonance of Mimas within a distance of 150 km from the site of its launching as is observed in Voyager data.

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