On the radial structure of Saturn's rings

Details On the radial structure of Saturn's rings On the radial structure of Saturn's rings

Jun 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8..641w&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, June 1981, p. 641-643.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Particle Diffusion, Radial Distribution, Ring Structures, Saturn Rings, Spaceborne Photography, Astronomical Models, Disks (Shapes), Image Resolution, Spaceborne Astronomy, Voyager 1 Spacecraft, Saturn, Rings, Structure, Mathematical Models, Stress, Dynamics, Diffusion, Optical Properties, Perturbations, Particles, Satellites, Viscosity, Analysis

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Voyager 1 cameras revealed that Saturn's B ring appears to be subdivided into hundreds of chaotically spaced narrow rings in a hierarchy that extends to the limit of resolution. A disk model is proposed and applied to Saturn's rings: it is shown that the radial diffusion in a particulate Keplerian disk, under the influence of a viscosity law that decreases more steeply with a certain surface density than with another, will promote the breakdown of the system into an ensemble of thin rings.

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