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The physics of planetary rings
N. N. Gor'kavyi, A. M. Fridman Astronomical Council of the Academy of Sciences USSR, Moscow
Abstract:
A review of the collisional, collective, and resonance phenomena in planetary rings is presented. The following questions are examined: the reasons for the existence of planetary rings and the properties of a typical particle, the collisional breaking of loose bodies, and the azimuthal asymmetry effect for the rings of Saturn. A transfer theory is being developed for differentially rotating disks of inelastic particles, and the collective instabilities of planetary rings and a protoplanetary disk are discussed. A model for the resonance origin for the rings of Uranus is described, which enabled one to predict unknown satellites of Uranus that were later discovered by “Voyager-2”. The problem of the stability of the rings of Uranus is examined.
Citation:
N. N. Gor'kavyi, A. M. Fridman, “The physics of planetary rings”, UFN, 160:2 (1990), 169–237; Phys. Usp., 33:2 (1990), 95–133
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