On the stability of Saturn's rings

Details On the stability of Saturn's rings On the stability of Saturn's rings

Sep 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 248, Sept. 1, 1981, p. L83-L86.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

88

Diffusion, Dynamic Stability, Particle Collisions, Saturn Rings, Viscosity, Kepler Laws, Perturbation Theory, Rotating Disks, Saturn, Rings, Disk, Particles, Collisions, Satellites, Perturbations, Diffusion, Ringlets, Mathematical Models, Viscosity, Gaps

Scientific paper

It is shown that collision-dominated particle disks around planets may
be unstable against a pinch instability induced by the nature of viscous
diffusion. It is proposed that the existence of ringlets around Saturn
is a manifestation of this instability.

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