The 'braided' F-ring of Saturn

Details The 'braided' F-ring of Saturn The 'braided' F-ring of Saturn

Apr 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981natur.290..454d&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 290, Apr. 9, 1981, p. 454-457.

Mathematics

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Natural Satellites, Orbital Elements, Resonance, Saturn Rings, Tides, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Planetary Gravitation, Roche Limit, Rotating Bodies, Standing Waves, Saturn, Rings, F Ring, Satellites, Resonance, Tidal Effects, Torques, Diagrams, Mathematical Models, Perturbations

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It is suggested that the larger of the two satellites bounding Saturn's F-ring could have only one first-order resonance within the ring. If such a resonance is present, a wave pattern of equally spaced loops which co-rotate with the satellite could be excited. This could account for the confinement of the ring particles and the 'braided' structure of the F-ring. While the theory does not account for the third, diffuse ring, it is suggested that this ring consists of micrometer-size particles generated in the main ring by erosion due to meteroid impacts and sputtering and then removed by electromagnetic forces.

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