Physics of Planetary Rings Celestial Mechanics of Continuous Media
Physics of Planetary Rings describes striking structures in the planetary rings of Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter and Neptune. In Saturn, the rings are stratified into thousands of ringlets united in a complex hierarchical structure with spiral waves and gaps; i
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I. Appenzeller, Heidelberg, Germany G. Borner, Garching, Germany M. Harwit, Washington, DC, USA R. Kippenhahn, Gottingen, Germany J. Lequeux, Paris, France P. A. Strittmatter, Tucson, AZ, USA V. Trimble, College Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
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Physics of Planetary Rings Celestial Mechanics of Continuous Media
Translated by D. ter Haar With 125 Figures and 29 Tables
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Professor Alexei M. Fridman
Translator
Institute of Astronomy RAS Moscow State University 48 Pyatnitskaya SI. Moscow 109017. Russia, and
Professor D. ter Haar
Stemberg Astronomical Institute Moscow State University Universitetskii pr. 13 Moscow 119899, Russia
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Dr. Nikolai N. Gorkavyi Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 685 Greenbelt, MD 20711, USA
Cover picture: Voyager-I' image of Saturn and its rings taken Nov. 16. 1980, four days after its closest approach to Saturn, from a distance of 5 300 000 lan (3300 000 miles), This viewing geometry, which shows Saturn as a crescent, is never achieved from Eaith. The Satumian rings, like the cloud tops of Saturn itself, are visible because they reflect sunlight. (Data available from U,S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Ce
