A Recent Impact Origin of Saturn’s Rings and Mid-sized Moons
(2023)
Journal Article
Teodoro, L. F. A., Kegerreis, J. A., Estrada, P. R., Ćuk, M., Eke, V. R., Cuzzi, J. N., Massey, R. J., & Sandnes, T. D. (2023). A Recent Impact Origin of Saturn’s Rings and Mid-sized Moons. Astrophysical Journal, 955(2), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf4ed
We simulate the collision of precursor icy moons analogous to Dione and Rhea as a possible origin for Saturn's remarkably young rings. Such an event could have been triggered a few hundred million years ago by resonant instabilities in a previous sat... Read More about A Recent Impact Origin of Saturn’s Rings and Mid-sized Moons.