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International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1981 AbstractThe origin of the E-ring of Saturn and its relationship to Enceladus is a well known problem. Rather than assuming that the ring was formed as a result of one big impact long ago or that it is a consequence of ejection of subcrustal water by tidally induced stresses and cracks of the satellite, it is proposed that the ring is formed as a ...
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Plasma electrons above Saturn's main rings: CAPS observations [PDF]
, 2005 We present observations of thermal ( similar to 0.6 - 100eV) electrons observed near Saturn's main rings during Cassini's Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) on 1 July 2004. We find that the intensity of electrons is broadly anticorrelated with the ring optical
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THE POPULATION OF PROPELLERS IN SATURN'S A RING [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2008 We present an extensive data set of ~150 localized features from Cassini images of Saturn's Ring A, a third of which are demonstrated to be persistent by their appearance in multiple images, and half of which are resolved well enough to reveal a characteristic "propeller" shape.
Joseph A. Burns +3 more
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A traveling feature in Saturn’s rings [PDF]
Icarus, 2016 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ...
Morgan E. Rehnberg +5 more
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Did Saturn's rings form during the Late Heavy Bombardment ?
, 2008 The origin of Saturn\' s massive ring system is still unknown. Two popular scenarios - the tidal splitting of passing comets and the collisional destruction of a satellite - rely on a high cometary flux in the past.
Alessandro Morbidelli +91 more
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The Rings of Saturn and Uranus [PDF]
Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 1979 Nature has presented us with two systems of planetary rings. They are not at all similar. Saturn has bright, broad rings separated by narrow gaps. The rings of Uranus are dark, narrow and widely spaced. Presumably both sets of rings lie inside the Roche limit and this is why the ring material has not condensed into satellites.
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Impact of Saturn's rings on mission analysis for MJS 77 [PDF]
Mariner Jupiter-Saturn '77 mission objectives for Saturn are considered which affect the trajectory design and in particular the aim point at Saturn. These objectives include the following: (1) earth, sun occulation of Saturn, rings, and satellites; (2 ...
Penzo, P. A.
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Cassini observations of the thermal plasma in the vicinity of Saturn's main rings and the F and G rings [PDF]
, 2005 The ion mass spectrometer on Cassini detected enhanced ion flux near Saturn's main rings that is consistent with the presence of atomic and molecular oxygen ions in the thermal plasma.
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