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Unravelling Temporal Variability in Saturn's Spiral Density Waves: Results and Predictions

Matthew S. Tiscareno, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, Matthew M. Hedman, Carolyn C. Porco

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0609242

Abstract

We describe a model that accounts for the complex morphology of spiral density waves raised in Saturn's rings by the co-orbital satellites, Janus and Epimetheus. Our model may be corroborated by future Cassini observations of these time-variable wave patterns.

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