A possible link between the rotation of saturn and its ring structure

A possible link between the rotation of saturn and its ring structure

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ABSTRACT We present here evidence that two previously unidentified, yet conspicuous gaps in Saturn's rings lie at distances corresponding to 2/3 and 4/3 of the planet's rotation period. Gaps such as these can be produced in a ring of large bodies or small uncharged particles only by a non-axisymmetric gravitational field (both of the above can be associated with the _l_ = _m_ = 3 harmonic), a fact that is relevant to models of planetary interiors. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS A DENSE RING OF THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECT QUAOAR OUTSIDE ITS ROCHE LIMIT Article 08 February 2023 PLANETESIMAL RINGS AS THE CAUSE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S PLANETARY ARCHITECTURE Article 30 December 2021 GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY IN A PLANET-FORMING DISK Article 04 September 2024 REFERENCES * Collins, S. A. _et al._ _Nature_ 288, 439–442 (1980). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Goldreich, P. & Tremaine, S. _Icarus_ 34, 240 (1978). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Smith, B. A. _et al._ _Science_ 212, 163 (1981). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Warwick, J. _et al._ _Science_ 212, 239 (1981). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Kaula, W. M. _Theory of Satellite Geodesy_ (Blaisdell, 1966). MATH  Google Scholar  * Null, G. W. _et al._ _Astr. J._ 86, 456 (1981). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Cuzzi, J. N., Lissauer, J. J. & Shu, F. H. _Nature_ 292, 703–707 (1981). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Goldreich, P. & Tremaine, S. _Astrophys. J._ 241, 425 (1980). Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar  * Smoluchowski, R. _Nature_ 274, 669 (1978). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Jewitt, D. C. & Danielson, G. E. _J. geophys. Res._ (in the press). * Stevenson, D. _Science_ 208, 746 (1980). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA F. A. Franklin, G. Colombo & A. F. Cook Authors * F. A. Franklin View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * G. Colombo View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * A. F. Cook View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Franklin, F., Colombo, G. & Cook, A. A possible link between the rotation of Saturn and its ring structure. _Nature_ 295, 128–130 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/295128a0 Download citation * Received: 19 August 1981 * Accepted: 13 November 1981 * Issue Date: 14 January 1982 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/295128a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT We present here evidence that two previously unidentified, yet conspicuous gaps in Saturn's rings lie at distances corresponding to 2/3 and 4/3 of the planet's rotation


period. Gaps such as these can be produced in a ring of large bodies or small uncharged particles only by a non-axisymmetric gravitational field (both of the above can be associated with the


_l_ = _m_ = 3 harmonic), a fact that is relevant to models of planetary interiors. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via


your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this


article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in


* Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS A DENSE RING OF THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECT QUAOAR OUTSIDE ITS


ROCHE LIMIT Article 08 February 2023 PLANETESIMAL RINGS AS THE CAUSE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S PLANETARY ARCHITECTURE Article 30 December 2021 GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY IN A PLANET-FORMING DISK


Article 04 September 2024 REFERENCES * Collins, S. A. _et al._ _Nature_ 288, 439–442 (1980). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Goldreich, P. & Tremaine, S. _Icarus_ 34, 240 (1978). Article


  ADS  Google Scholar  * Smith, B. A. _et al._ _Science_ 212, 163 (1981). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  * Warwick, J. _et al._ _Science_ 212, 239 (1981). Article  ADS  CAS  Google


Scholar  * Kaula, W. M. _Theory of Satellite Geodesy_ (Blaisdell, 1966). MATH  Google Scholar  * Null, G. W. _et al._ _Astr. J._ 86, 456 (1981). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Cuzzi, J. N.,


Lissauer, J. J. & Shu, F. H. _Nature_ 292, 703–707 (1981). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Goldreich, P. & Tremaine, S. _Astrophys. J._ 241, 425 (1980). Article  ADS  MathSciNet 


Google Scholar  * Smoluchowski, R. _Nature_ 274, 669 (1978). Article  ADS  Google Scholar  * Jewitt, D. C. & Danielson, G. E. _J. geophys. Res._ (in the press). * Stevenson, D. _Science_


208, 746 (1980). Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar  Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street,


Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA F. A. Franklin, G. Colombo & A. F. Cook Authors * F. A. Franklin View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar


* G. Colombo View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * A. F. Cook View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google


Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Franklin, F., Colombo, G. & Cook, A. A possible link between the rotation of Saturn and its


ring structure. _Nature_ 295, 128–130 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/295128a0 Download citation * Received: 19 August 1981 * Accepted: 13 November 1981 * Issue Date: 14 January 1982 * DOI:


https://doi.org/10.1038/295128a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently


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