The rings of Uranus - Nature and origin

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Aug 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979aj.....84.1225d&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal, vol. 84, Aug. 1979, p. 1225-1232.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Planetary Structure, Satellite Orbits, Uranus Rings, Gravitational Effects, Natural Satellites, Planetary Rotation, Resonance, Roche Limit, Uranus, Rings, Origin, Resonance, Satellites, Particles, Orbits, Models, Tidal Stresses, Ariel, Mass, Perturbations, Core, Roche Limit, Eccentricity, Density, Velocity, Librations, Epsilon Ring, Collisions, Poynting-Robertson Effect

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Effects of a resonance between a set of ring particles and individual satellites are considered. It is suggested that the resonances are 1:1 for the rings of Uranus and that each ring must contain an as-yet unseen satellite. A model is proposed in which the rings of Uranus were caused by small satellites that entered the Roche zone due to tidal drag. According to this model, the satellites gradually lost material from their surfaces in this zone, the particles left a satellite with relatively low speeds and must have entered orbits similar to that of the satellite, and the gravitational force of the satellite compelled these particles to remain in a narrow sharply defined ring.

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