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摘要
We propose a mechanism for the observed non-keplerian motion (Tiscareno et al., 2010a) of "propeller" moons embedded in Saturn's rings. Our mechanism, in which radial variations in surface density external to, and unaffected by, the embedded moon - result in an equilibrium semimajor axis for the moon due to "Type I" angular momentum exchange (Crida et al., 2010), provides a good fit to the observations. Future observations should distinguish between our model and others recently proposed.
- 出版日期2013-3
