Analysing the new Saturnian rings, R/2004 S1 and R/2004 S2


Autoria(s): Winter, S. M. Giuliatti; Sfair, R.; Mourao, D. C.; Bastos, T. A.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/12/2005

Resumo

The Cassini-Huygens arrival into the Saturnian system brought a large amount of data about the satellites and rings. Two diffuse rings were found in the region between the A ring and Prometheus. R/2004 S1 is coorbital to Atlas and R/2004 S2 is close to Prometheus. In this work we analysed the closest approach between Prometheus and both rings. As a result we found that the satellite removes particles from R/2004 S2 ring. Long-term numerical simulations showed that some particles can cross the F ring region . The well known region of the F ring, where small satellites are present and particles are being taking from the ring, gains a new insight with the presence of particles from R/2004 S2 ring. The computation of the Lyapunov Characteristic Exponent reveled that the R/2004 S2 ring lies in a chaotic region while R/2004 S1 ring and Atlas are in a stable region. Atlas is responsible for the formation of three regimes in the R/2004 S1 ring, as expected for a satellite embedded in a ring.

Formato

189-201

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11038-006-9082-x

Earth Moon and Planets. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 97, n. 3-4, p. 189-201, 2005.

0167-9295

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/34190

10.1007/s11038-006-9082-x

WOS:000241128100003

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Springer

Relação

Earth Moon and Planets

Direitos

closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Lyapunov Characteristic Exponent #numerical simulations #planetary rings
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article