Dust in the arcs of Methone and Anthe

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• 作者：Kai-Lung Sun ; ^a ; ^{akaronsun@gmail.com} ; Martin Seiß ; ^a ; M.M. Hedman^b ; Frank Spahn^a
• 关键词：Planetary rings ; Saturn ; rings ; Saturn ; satellites
• 刊名：Icarus
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：284
• 期：Complete
• 页码：206-215
• 全文大小：1581 K
• 卷排序：284

文摘

We model the ring-arc near Saturn’s tiny moon Methone and Anthe. Our model use impact-ejecta process as the dust source. Plasma drag dominates the removal of particles from both arcs. The longitudinal extension of both arcs in our result is consistent with observation.