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most citedAccretion of Saturn's mid-sized moons during the viscous spreading of young massive rings: solving the paradox of silicate-poor rings versus silicate-rich moons

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astro-ph2008★ 127 cited

Did Saturn's rings form during the Late Heavy Bombardment ?

Sebastien Charnoz, Alessandro Morbidelli, Luke H. Dones +1

The origin of Saturn\' s massive ring system is still unknown. Two popular scenarios - the tidal splitting of passing comets and the collisional destruction of a satellite - rely o…