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Micrometeoroid infall onto Saturn’s rings constrains their age to no more than a few hundred million years
There is ongoing debate as to whether Saturn’s main rings are relatively young or ancient— having been formed shortly after Saturn or during the Late Heavy Bombardment. The rings are mostly water-ice but are polluted by non-icy material with a volume fraction ranging from ∼0.1 to 2%. Continuous bomb...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10181170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37172091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf8537 |