Rings in the Solar System: a short review
arXiv:1805.08963 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55333-7_54
Abstract
Rings are ubiquitous around giant planets in our Solar System. They evolve jointly with the nearby satellite system. They could form either during the giant planet formation process or much later, as a result of large scale dynamical instabilities either in the local satellite system, or at the planetary scale. We review here the main characteristics of rings in our solar system, and discuss their main evolution processes and possible origin. We also discuss the recent discovery of rings around small bodies.
Accepted for the Handbook of Exoplanets
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