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土星环中嵌入的小卫星引起的垂直结构:间隙区

Vertical structures induced by embedded moonlets in Saturn's rings: the gap region

Holger Hoffmann, Frank Spahn, Martin Seiß

摘要:

我们研究了土星环中螺旋桨结构的垂直范围。我们的重点在于间隙区域的螺旋桨和非倾斜的螺旋桨卫星。为了描述螺旋桨的垂直结构,我们扩展了Spahn和Sremcevic(2000)的模型,以包括垂直方向。我们发现,环粒子与非倾斜小卫星的引力相互作用不会引起相当大的环粒子的垂直偏移,但会引起相当大的热运动在环平面。我们希望环粒子碰撞,部分转换成环粒子的垂直偏移的横向诱导的热运动。对于螺旋桨的间隙区域,我们计算间隙平均螺旋桨高度的顺序为0.7希尔半径,这是小卫星半径的顺序。在我们的模型中,螺旋桨高度呈指数下降,直到粘性加热和碰撞冷却平衡。我们估计希尔半径为370米和615米的螺旋桨埃尔哈特和布莱里奥。我们的模型预测埃尔哈特推进器在土星2009年春分点的方位角范围约为120公里,与卡西尼图像确定的值一致。

英文摘要:

We study the vertical extent of propeller structures in Saturn's rings. Our focus lies on the gap region of the propeller and on non-inclined propeller moonlets. In order to describe the vertical structure of propellers we extend the model of Spahn and Sremcevic (2000) to include the vertical direction. We find that the gravitational interaction of ring particles with the non-inclined moonlet does not induce considerable vertical excursions of ring particles, but causes a considerable thermal motion in the ring plane. We expect ring particle collisions to partly convert the lateral induced thermal motion into vertical excursions of ring particles. For the gap region of the propeller, we calculate gap averaged propeller heights on the order of 0.7 Hill radii, which is of the order of the moonlet radius. In our model the propeller height decreases exponentially until viscous heating and collisional cooling balance. We estimate Hill radii of 370m and 615m for the propellers Earhart and Bleriot. Our model predicts about 120km for the azimuthal extent of the Earhart propeller at Saturn's 2009 equinox, being consistent with values determined from Cassini images.

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