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Ring- Moon Interactions 16 November 2015. Shepherd Satellites of F ring.

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1 Ring- Moon Interactions 16 November 2015

2 Shepherd Satellites of F ring

3 Encke Gap and kinky ringlet

4 Pan in the Encke Gap

5 Pan closeup

6 Propeller, but moon causing it still unseen

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9 Enceladus eruptions create E ring

10 Adrastea and Jupiter ring clumps

11 Uranus ε Ring and Cordelia

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13 Uranus ε Ring

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15 Galatea and Adams Ring

16 Ring Moon Interaction The gravity from moons can change the orbits of ring particles by transferring momentum At resonances, moons excite waves and can also truncate the ring creating an edge or gap Moons not big enough to open a gap create propeller structures Meteorite bombardment of small moons creates dusty rings


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