N-Body Simulation of the Uranian Eccentric Rings
Abstract
We investigate the formation and maintenance of the Uranian eccentric rings by N-body simulation of a ring-satellite system. Our simulation demonstrates the formation and evolution of an eccentric ring from an initially circular ring.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003LPI....34.1549D