Creation of the Uranus rings and dust bands

Details Creation of the Uranus rings and dust bands Creation of the Uranus rings and dust bands

Jun 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989natur.339..605e&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 339, June 22, 1989, p. 605-607.

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Interplanetary Dust, Planetary Evolution, Uranus Rings, Impact, Meteoroids, Monte Carlo Method, Uranus, Rings, Dust, Origin, Formation, Spacecraft Observations, Size, Voyager 2 Mission, Epsilon Ring, Fragments, Impacts, Satellites, Age, Bombardment, Exosphere, Calculations, Distribution, Shepherd Satellites, Optical Properties, Depth, Parameters, Particles, Monte Carlo Methods

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It is proposed that the moons, rings, and dust now visible in the Uranus system are created by the diminution of larger objects by meteoroid impacts. A Monte Carlo calculation shows that the largest surviving fragments of the original precursor satellites are in the size range of the new satellites observed by Voyager near the rings. The current bombardment rate is sufficient to create all the observed rings and dust bands. The observed and inferred components of the Uranus ring system fit a power-law size distribution with index of about three. It is predicted that the material in Neptune's ring system has a similar size distribution.

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