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Spin Dynamics of Extrasolar Giant Planets in Planet-Planet Scattering
Yu-Cian Hong, Dong Lai, Jonathan I. Lunine +1
Planet-planet scattering best explains the eccentricity distribution of extrasolar giant planets. Past literature showed that the orbits of planets evolve due to planet-planet scat…
Occultation observations of Saturn's rings with Cassini VIMS
P. D. Nicholson, T. Ansty, M. M. Hedman +9
We describe the prediction, design, execution and calibration of stellar and solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS)…
Spatial Variations in the Dust-to-Gas Ratio of Enceladus' Plume
M. M. Hedman, D. Dhingra, P. D. Nicholson +4
On day 138 of 2010, the plume of dust and gas emerging from Enceladus' South Polar Terrain passed between the Sun and the Cassini spacecraft. This solar occultation enabled Cassini…
Innocent Bystanders: Orbital Dynamics of Exomoons during Planet-Planet Scattering
Yu-Cian Hong, Sean N. Raymond, Philip D. Nicholson +1
Planet-planet scattering is the leading mechanism to explain the broad eccentricity distribution of observed giant exoplanets. Here we study the orbital stability of primordial gia…
What confines the rings of Saturn?
Radwan Tajeddine, Philip D. Nicholson, Pierre-Yves Longaretti +2
The viscous spreading of planetary rings is believed to be counteracted by satellite torques, either through an individual resonance or through overlapping resonances. For the A ri…
Dynamical phenomena at the inner edge of the Keeler gap
Radwan Tajeddine, Philip D. Nicholson, Matthew S. Tiscareno +3
We analyze several thousand Cassini ISS images in order to study the inner edge of the Keeler gap in Saturn's outer A ring. We find strong evidence for an m=32 perturbation with a…