Planetary rings
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cambridge planetary science ; [4] |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 202 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
ISBN: |
0521362229 9780521362221 |
Index Number: | P185 |
CLC: | P185 |
Call Number: | P185/E777 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the allure of ringed planets -- Studies of planetary rings, 1610-2004 -- Diversity of planetary rings -- Individual ring particles and their collisions -- Large-scale ring evolution -- Moons confine and sculpt rings -- Explaining ring phenomena -- N-body simulations -- Stochastic models -- Age and evolution of rings -- Saturn's mysterious F ring -- Neptune's partial rings -- Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo -- Ring photometry -- Dusty rings -- Cassini observations -- Concluding remarks : the big questions. |