2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Origin of Hyperion and Saturn's Rings in A Two-Stage Saturnian System Instability
Matija Äuk, Maryame El Moutamid, Jim Fuller +1
The age of the rings and some of the moons of Saturn is an open question, and multiple lines of evidence point to a recent (few hundred Myr ago) cataclysm involving disruption of p…
astro-ph.EP2025
Understanding the formation of Saturn's regular moons in the context of giant planet moons formation scenarios
Michel Blanc, Aurélien Crida, Yuhito Shibaike +7
This article explores the different formation scenarios of the Kronian moons system in the context of a highly dissipative Saturn, with the objective of identifying the most likely…