Some consequences of meteoroid impacts on Saturn's rings

Details Some consequences of meteoroid impacts on Saturn's rings Some consequences of meteoroid impacts on Saturn's rings

Sep 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983icar...55..439m&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 55, Sept. 1983, p. 439-447.

Physics

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Hypervelocity Impact, Meteorite Collisions, Meteoroids, Neutral Gases, Saturn Rings, Albedo, Erosion, Gas Temperature, Regolith, Topology, Saturn, Meteoroids, Rings, Impacts, Gases, Vaporization, Atmosphere, Injection, Temperature, Comparisons, Ejecta, Particles, Erosion, Physical Properties, Mass, Regolith, Formation, Surface, Albedo, Optical Properties, Features

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It is noted in the present discussion of high velocity interplanetary meteoroid impacts on the rings of Saturn that the neutral gas emitted by impact vaporization may be substantially responsible for the observed neutral ring atmosphere. The predicted neutral gas injection rate and the gas temperature are compatible with previous measurements. Heavy ejecta particles produce a particulate ring halo whose calculated physical properties make it appear identical with the tenuous particle population discussed by Baum and Kreidl (1982). An estimation of the erosion of Saturn's ring particles, the resulting mass balance, and regolith formation, provides constraints on surface properties and optical albedo.

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