MIGRATION OF SMALL MOONS IN SATURN's RINGS
MIGRATION OF SMALL MOONS IN SATURN's RINGS
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土星环中小卫星的迁移
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/764/2/192
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发表时间:
2013
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通讯作者:
S. Kenyon
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作者:
B. Bromley;S. Kenyon
The motions of small moons through Saturn's rings provide excellent tests of radial migration models. In theory, torque exchange between these moons and ring particles leads to radial drift. We predict that moons with Hill radii rH ∼ 2–24 km should migrate through the A ring in 1000 yr. In this size range, moons orbiting in an empty gap or in a full ring eventually migrate at the same rate. Smaller moons or moonlets—such as the propellers—are trapped by diffusion of disk material into corotating orbits, creating inertial drag. Larger moons—such as Pan or Atlas—do not migrate because of their own inertia. Fast migration of 2–24 km moons should eliminate intermediate-size bodies from the A ring and may be responsible for the observed large-radius cutoff of rH ∼ 1–2 km in the size distribution of the A ring's propeller moonlets. Although the presence of Daphnis (rH ≈ 5 km) inside the Keeler gap challenges this scenario, numerical simulations demonstrate that orbital resonances and stirring by distant, larger moons (e.g., Mimas) may be important factors. For Daphnis, stirring by distant moons seems the most promising mechanism to halt fast migration. Alternatively, Daphnis may be a recent addition to the ring that is settling into a low inclination orbit in ∼103 yr prior to a phase of rapid migration. We provide predictions of observational constraints required to discriminate among possible scenarios for Daphnis.
DOI:
10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/261
发表时间:
2007
期刊:
The Astronomical Journal
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作者:
R. Jacobson;J. Spitale;C. Porco;K. Beurle;N. Cooper;M. Evans;C. Murray
通讯作者:
R. Jacobson;J. Spitale;C. Porco;K. Beurle;N. Cooper;M. Evans;C. Murray
DOI:
10.1088/0004-6256/140/4/944
发表时间:
2010
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The Astronomical Journal
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作者:
Crida A
通讯作者:
Crida A
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-9217-6_12
发表时间:
2009
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作者:
Kurth W
通讯作者:
Kurth W