Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
Jan 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994em%26p...67..179c&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 67, Issue 1-3, pp. 179-208
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
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Planetary Rings, Outer Planets, Origin And Evolution
Scientific paper
The last few decades have seen an avalanche of observations of planetary ring systems, both from spacecraft and from Earth. Meanwhile, we have seen steady progress in our understanding of these systems as our intuition (and our computers) catch up with the myriad ways in which gravity, fluid and statistical mechanics, and electromagnetism can combine to shape the distribution of the submicron-to-several-meter size particles which comprise ring systems [1 5]. The now-complete reconnaissance of the gas giant planets by spacecraft has revealed that ring systems are invariably found in association with families of regular satellites, and there is an emerging perspective that they are not only physically but causally linked. There is also mounting evidence that many features or aspects of all planetary ring systems, if not the ring systems themselves, are considerably younger than the solar system.
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