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Title:
Saturn's rings - Properties and processes
Authors:
CUZZI, J. N.; LISSAUER, J. J.; ESPOSITO, L. W.; HOLBERG, J. B.; MAROUF, E. A.; TYLER, G. L.; BOISCHOT, A.
Affiliation:
AB(NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA) AC(Colorado, University, Boulder, CO) AD(Arizona, University, Tucson, AZ) AF(Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA) AG(Paris, Observatoire, Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Journal:
IN: Planetary rings (A85-34401 15-88). Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1984, p. 73-199.
Publication Date:
00/1984
Category:
Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords
PLANETARY STRUCTURE, SATELLITE OBSERVATION, SATURN RINGS, CHARGED PARTICLES, DENSITY WAVE MODEL, GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS, MICROWAVE SOUNDING, OPTICAL PROPERTIES, ORBITAL MECHANICS, ORBITAL RESONANCES (CELESTIAL MECHANICS), PARTICLE COLLISIONS, PARTICLE DENSITY (CONCENTRATION), PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION, SATURN SATELLITES, THERMAL EMISSION, VOYAGER PROJECT
Bibliographic Code:
1984pr...book...73C

Abstract

In the present consideration of the structural and particle properties of Saturn's rings, emphasis is given to spacecraft observations and an attempt is made to relate observed properties to favored causative processes. While the ring particles are primarily icy, there is evidence for compositional variation on both local and regional scales. Ring structure is generally dominated by collisional and gravitational dynamics. On the basis of such features as orbital resonances with various satellites, which drive spiral density and bending waves, the ring mass density and local vertical thickness can be determined. 
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