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Planetary ring dynamics and morphology
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Durisen, Richard H. Cuzzi, Jeffrey N. Shu, Frank H. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | Evidence for a moonlet belt in the region between Saturn's close-in moonrings Pandora and Prometheus is discussed. It is argued that little-known observations of magnetospheric electron density by Pioneer 11 imply substantial, ongoing injections of mass into the 2000 km region which surrounds the F ring. A hypothesis is presented that these events result naturally from interparticle collisions between the smaller members of an optically thin belt of moonlets. Also discussed is work on Uranus ring structure and photometry, image processing and analysis of the Jonian ring strucure, photometric and structural studies of the A ring of Saturn, and improvements to an image processing system for ring studies. |
| File Size | 255551 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870013961 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t81k4974g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Saturn Planet Pandora Image Processing Planetary Rings Uranus Planet Morphology Collisions Prometheus Jupiter Planet Particles Photometry Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
