Gravitational scattering in planetary rings |
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Authors: | F Spahn |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Kosmosforschung, Berlin, G.D.R. |
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Abstract: | The gravitational influence of a large body (moonlet; satellite) on the radial structure of planetary rings has been calculated numerically. A drastical change of the surface mass density is obtained even after a single scattering process of the ring-particles on a moonlet (satellite). The final surface density shows a significant radial structure, which has been used to estimate radius and mass of satellites embedded in rings of low optical depth (E-ring, Cassini-division, C-ring of Saturn). |
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