The Distribution of Linear Virgae Across the Saturnian Moons
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 6, 28 March 2025.Abstract Linear virgae are long (10–100s km), narrow (<5 km), and bright features, first found on the surface of Dione. On Dione, linear virgae run parallel to the equator and are found in the low‐to‐mid latitudes. Linear virgae are likely formed by a process that involves the emplacement of materials from an exogenic Chronocentric (Saturn centric), or
E. S. Martin +5 more
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The Bombardment History of the Giant Planet Satellites
The Planetary Science JournalThe origins of the giant planet satellites are debated, with scenarios including formation from a protoplanetary disk, sequential assembly from massive rings, and recent accretion after major satellite–satellite collisions.
William F. Bottke +9 more
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The Saturn Ring Skimmer Mission Concept: The next step to explore Saturn's rings, atmosphere, interior, and inner magnetosphere [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 The innovative Saturn Ring Skimmer mission concept enables a wide range of investigations that address fundamental questions about Saturn and its rings, as well as giant planets and astrophysical disk systems in general. This mission would provide new insights into the dynamical processes that operate in astrophysical disk systems by observing ...
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Rough Estimates of Solar System Gravitomagnetic Effects in Post-Newtonian Gravity
UniverseIn order to properly describe the gravity interactions, including the mass currents, in gravitomagnetism, we construct four Maxwell-type gravitational equations that are shown to be analogs of the Maxwell equations in electromagnetism.
Soon-Tae Hong
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Additional Observations of the Disappearances and Reappearances of the Rings of Saturn in 1907-8, made with the 40-inch Refractor of the Yerkes Observatory [PDF]
, 1908 E. E. Barnard
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Contribution of magnetism to the Saturn rings origin [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 The magnetization relationships for magnetically uniform spherical particles of the Saturn rings are derived. The problem of a solitary magnetized sphere and spherical particle among identical particles scattered in a disk-like structure is solved. The differential equations of motion of particles in the gravitational and magnetic field are derived ...
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A few Observations of the Planet Saturn and his Rings in the Years 1897-1904.: (Plate 11.) [PDF]
, 1908 E. E. Barnard
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The Two-component Model of the 'spokes' in Saturn's Rings [PDF]
arXivThe spokes observed in Saturn's rings have been a subject of scientific debate since their discovery by Stephen J. O'Meara in the 1970s and their confirmation by the Voyager flybys in the early 1980s (Smith et al., 1982). While the Cassini spacecraft confirmed that the spokes are linked to Saturn's magnetosphere, their exact formation mechanism remains
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The Astrophysical JournalWe present laboratory spectra of pure amorphous and crystalline H _2 O ices in the near-infrared (NIR, 1–2.5 μ m/10,000–4000 cm ^−1 ) at 80–180 K.
Christina M. Tonauer +10 more
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Observing the polarisation pattern of Saturn using CARMA [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 We observe Saturn and its ring system at wavelengths of 1.3 mm (220 GHz) using the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) interferometric array. We study the intensity and polarisation structure of the planet and present the best polarisation data of Saturn at these frequencies.
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