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The Formation of Disks by Inelastic Collisions of Gravitating Particles. Applications to the Dynamics of the Saturn's Ring and to the Formation of the Solar System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
We integrate numerically the evolution of a three-dimensional system of particles with finite dimensions, which bounce inelastically upon each other. The particles are subjected to the attraction of a central mass; their mutual attraction is neglected. This model is used to study the evolution of Saturn's ring. The first results are presented: such a collision mechanism can flatten very quickly the Saturn's ring and the system tends towards a final equilibrium state.
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 62: The Stability of the Solar System , 1974 , pp. 83 - 93
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- Copyright © Reidel 1974