An inelastic collision model for the evolution of 'planetary rings'

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Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jpsj...59..381k&link_type=abstract

Physical Society of Japan, Journal (ISSN 0031-9015), vol. 59, Jan. 1990, p. 381-388.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Inelastic Collisions, Planetary Rings, Angular Momentum, Computerized Simulation, Kepler Laws

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It is shown that ringlets of a planet can be formed by inelastic
collisions. Velocity vectors of the particles tend to equalize at
collisions. This causes the angular momenta to equalize, and the orbits
draw nearer. It seems apparent that collisions diffuse a spatial
pattern. But, ringlets are sharpened by inelastic collisions.

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