Abstract The study of planetary rings, like the rings themselves, is dynamic and evolving. Despite the flood of new information on morphology and optical properties, we have very little direct evidence about what rings are, how they formed, and how they behave. Answers to such questions can only been obtained by building theoretical models and comparing their implications with past and future observations. A number of dynamical problems are briefly presented here, namely the physics of the particle collisions, the role of the resonances, the disc-satellite interactions, and the timescale of evolution. A short list of outstanding problems concludes this short review.


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    Title :

    Saturn's rings — Dynamical processes


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    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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