Self-gravitation in Saturn's rings

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Aug 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982m%26p....27....5s&link_type=abstract

Moon and the Planets, vol. 27, Aug. 1982, p. 5-12. Research supported by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation.

Physics

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Eccentric Orbits, Gravitational Effects, Orbit Perturbation, Planetary Gravitation, Saturn Rings, Equilibrium Equations, Optical Thickness, Orbit Calculation, Poisson Equation, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

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In a ring-shaped collisional system self-gravitation reduces the equilibrium values of the geometric and optical thickness. In Saturn's rings both effects are appreciable. The previously found discrepancy between the calculated profile and the observed profile of the rings (Hameen-Anttila, 1982) is chiefly caused by the omission of self-gravitation.

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