The production of 'braids' in Saturn's F ring

Details The production of 'braids' in Saturn's F ring The production of 'braids' in Saturn's F ring

Sep 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986icar...67..358l&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 67, Sept. 1986, p. 358-374.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Planetary Structure, Saturn Rings, Angular Velocity, Particle Trajectories, Voyager Project

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The authors present two ways to create "braids" in Saturn's F ring. One model assumes a small (≡5 - 10 km radius) moonlet embedded in the ring. A single moonlet seems to be capable of producing a few (≡2 - 6) irregular braids for the parameters appropriate to the F ring. Alternatively, extended, nearly periodic "braids" may be produced in a multistranded segment of the F ring by a single encounter with a single shepherding satellite. This mechanism does not require any embedded moonlets for creating the braids; however, it does require multistranded "initial" conditions, and moonlets might produce these.

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