期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 511, 期 3, 页码 4202-4222出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab3627
关键词
methods: numerical; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; planets and satellites: individual: Pallene; planets and satellites: rings
资金
- FAPESP [2018/23568-6, 2016/24561-0]
- NASA [NNX15AQ67G]
- CNPq [313043/2020-5]
- CAPES
- NASA [801820, NNX15AQ67G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
The Saturnian small satellites Aegaeon, Methone, Anthe, and Pallene provide a unique study system for understanding the evolution of co-orbital dusty rings/arcs. This work explores the long-term evolution of Pallene and its ring through numerical simulations and analysis. The results show the current dynamical state of Pallene and its resonant behavior with Saturn's major moons. The study also investigates the dynamical evolution of micrometric particles in the ring and their effects on the ring's stability.
The distinctive set of Saturnian small satellites, Aegaeon, Methone, Anthe, and Pallene, constitutes an excellent laboratory to understand the evolution of systems immersed in co-orbital dusty rings/arcs, subjected to perturbations from larger satellites and non-gravitational forces. In this work, we carried out a comprehensive numerical exploration of the long-term evolution of Pallene and its ring. Through frequency map analysis, we characterized the current dynamical state around Pallene. A simple tidal evolution model serves to set a time frame for the current orbital configuration of the system. With detailed short- and long-term N-body simulations we determine whether Pallene is currently in resonance with one or more of six of Saturn's major moons. We analysed a myriad of resonant arguments extracted from the direct and indirect parts of the disturbing function, finding that Pallene is not in mean motion resonance from the present up to 5 Myr into the future; none the less, some resonant arguments exhibit intervals of libration and circulation at different time-scales and moon pairings. We studied the dynamical evolution of micrometric particles forming the ring, considering gravitational and non-gravitational forces. Non-gravitational forces are responsible for particles vertical excursions and outward migration. By estimating the satellite's mass production rate, we find that Pallene could be responsible for keeping its ring in steady-state only if it is mainly composed of large micrometre-sized particles. If mainly composed of particles with a few micrometres for which Pallene is the only source, the ring will spread out, both radially and vertically, until it finally disappears.
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