Figures and Tables from this paper
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 94 REFERENCES
Origin of Saturnβs rings and inner moons by mass removal from a lost Titan-sized satellite
- Geology, PhysicsNature
- 2010
Numerical simulations of the tidal removal of mass from a differentiated, Titan-sized satellite as it migrates inward towards Saturn result in a pure ice ring much more massive than Saturnβs current rings.
Rotation Rates of Particles in Saturn's Rings
- Physics, Geology
- 2005
Rotational states of particles in Saturn's rings are not directly observable but have been inferred from spacecraft and ground-based observations of their thermal emission. A temperature contrastβ¦
Thermal forces on planetary ring particles: application to the main system of Saturn ,
- Physics, Geology
- 2007
Context. The motion of small particles in planetary rings is affected in the long-term by radiation forces. While the Poynting-Robertson effect has been extensively discussed and applied to theβ¦
100-metre-diameter moonlets in Saturn's A ring from observations of 'propeller' structures
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 2006
The observation of four longitudinal double-streaks in an otherwise bland part of the mid-A ring is reported, infering that these βpropellerβ-shaped perturbations arise from the effects of embedded moonlets approximately 40 to 120βm in diameter.
Thermal fatigue as the origin of regolith on small asteroids
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 2014
It is reported that thermal fatigue, a mechanism of rock weathering and fragmentation with no subsequent ejection, is the dominant process governing regolith generation on small asteroids and that thermal fragmentation induced by the diurnal temperature variations breaks up rocks larger than a few centimetres more quickly than do micrometeoroid impacts.
Fragmentation rates of small satellites in the outer solar system
- Physics, Geology
- 2000
The narrow rings of Uranus and Neptune exist in a system of observed and hypothesized small moons. Catastrophic fragmentation of these moons by comet impact has been proposed as the mode of origin ofβ¦
Size distribution of particles in Saturnβs rings from aggregation and fragmentation
- PhysicsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2015
It is shown that a power-law size distribution with large-size cutoff, as observed in Saturnβs rings, is universal for systems where a balance between aggregation and disruptive collisions is steadily sustained and expected for any ring system where collisions play a role.