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17780622

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4650
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Although Saturn's rings are within the Roche zone, the accretion of centimeter-sized particles into large aggregates many meters in diameter occurs readily, on a time scale of weeks. These aggregates are disrupted when tidal stresses exceed their very low strengths; thus most of the mass of the ring system is continually processed through a population of large "dynamic ephemeral bodies," which are continually forming and disintegrating. These large aggregates are not at all like the idealized ice spheres often used in modeling Saturn's ring dynamics. Their coefficient of restitution is low, hence they form a monolayer in the ring plane. The optically observable characteristics of the rings are dominated by the swarm of centimeter-sized particles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
224
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
744-7
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Saturn ring particles as dynamic ephemeral bodies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article