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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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Accretion of Saturn's Inner Mid-sized Moons from a Massive Primordial Ice Ring

Julien Salmon, Robin M. Canup

Saturn's rings are rock-poor, containing 90%-95% ice by mass. As a group, Saturn's moons interior to and including Tethys are also about 90% ice. Tethys itself contains <6% rock by…