Ring torque of Saturn from interplanetary meteoroid impact |
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| Authors: | W-H Ip |
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| Institution: | Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-3411 Katlenburg-Lindau 3, Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Abstract: | Reevaluation of the interplanetary meteoroid mass flux at 10 AU obtains a value of M≈6×104g sec?1 for the meteoroid mass loading rate to the rings of Saturn. This meteoroid impact flux suggests that a large change to the configuration of the ring system could occur in a relatively short time (?109years). This new element thus should be taken into consideration in discussion of the dynamical evolution of the rings. |
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