Ring torque of Saturn from interplanetary meteoroid impact

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Dec 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984icar...60..547i&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 60, Dec. 1984, p. 547-552.

Physics

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Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroid Concentration, Saturn Rings, Angular Momentum, Flux Density, Impact, Mass Distribution, Planetary Evolution, Torque

Scientific paper

Reevaluation of the interplanetary meteoroid mass flux at 10 AU obtains a value of M ≈ 6×104g sec-1 for the meteoroid mass loading rate to the rings of Saturn. This meteoroid impact flux suggests that a large change to the configuration of the ring system could occur in a relatively short time (⪉109 years). This new element thus should be taken into consideration in discussion of the dynamical evolution of the rings.

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