Gravitational vortices and clump formation in Saturn's F ring during an encounter with Prometheus

Saturn rings are most beautiful and dynamic places in the solar system, consisting of ice particles in a constant battle between the gravitational forces of Saturn and its many moons. Fan, spiral, propellers, moonlets and streamer-channels observed by CASSINI in the F-ring have been attributed to en...

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Main Authors: Phil Sutton, Feodor Kusmartsev
Format: Default Article
Published: 2013
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Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified
Computational astrophysics
Giant planets
Rings and moons
Fluid dynamics
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11830
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