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The discovery and dynamical evolution of an object at the outer edge of Saturn's A ring

Journal

ICARUS
Volume 236, Issue -, Pages 165-168

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.024

Keywords

Saturn,rings; Satellites,dynamics; Resonances,orbital

Funding

  1. Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F007566/1]
  2. Leverhulme Trust
  3. Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/F007566/1, 1159992, ST/J001546/1] Funding Source: researchfish
  4. STFC [ST/J001546/1, ST/F007566/1] Funding Source: UKRI

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We report on the serendipitous discovery of an unresolved, evolving, sub-km-radius object with a semimajor axis <10 km inside that of the edge of Saturn's main rings. The object has been detectable in Cassini images since at least May 2012 and its changing orbit shows evidence of a possible disruption in early 2013. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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