Origins of the rings of Uranus and Neptune. I - Statistics of satellite disruptions

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Jun 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9710227c&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. E6, June 25, 1992, p. 10,227-10,241.

Mathematics

Probability

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Neptune Satellites, Planetary Evolution, Uranus Rings, Uranus Satellites, Markov Chains, Monte Carlo Method, Probability Distribution Functions, Stochastic Processes

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The origin of the rings of Uranus and Neptune is considered by performing two types of stochastic simulations of the collisional history of small moons: Monte Carlo simulations in which only the largest surviving fragments from each disruption is followed, and a Markov chain approach which makes it possible to follow the size distribution from each disruption to arbitrarily small sizes. Results indicate that the population of small satellites around Uranus and Neptune have evolved through catastrophic fragmentation since the end of planet and satellite formation 3 to 4 billion years ago.

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