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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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Autores principales: Sutton, Phil J., Kusmartsev, Feodor V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01276