Origins of rings in the solar system
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| author | Sicardy, Bruno Moutamid, Maryame El Renner, Stefan Sfair, Rafael Souami, Damya |
| author_facet | Sicardy, Bruno Moutamid, Maryame El Renner, Stefan Sfair, Rafael Souami, Damya |
| contents | Until about a decade ago, ring systems were only known to exist around giant planets. Each one of the four giant planets harbours its own distinctive and unique system of rings and inner satellites. The past decade has been marked by the unexpected discoveries of dense rings around small objects of the outer solar system: the Centaur object Chariklo (and possibly Chiron), the dwarf planet Haumea and the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar. In the latter case, an additional surprise came from the fact that Quaoar's rings orbit well beyond the Roche limit of the body. Here, we address the possible origins and evolution of these ring systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Origins of rings in the solar system Sicardy, Bruno Moutamid, Maryame El Renner, Stefan Sfair, Rafael Souami, Damya Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Until about a decade ago, ring systems were only known to exist around giant planets. Each one of the four giant planets harbours its own distinctive and unique system of rings and inner satellites. The past decade has been marked by the unexpected discoveries of dense rings around small objects of the outer solar system: the Centaur object Chariklo (and possibly Chiron), the dwarf planet Haumea and the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar. In the latter case, an additional surprise came from the fact that Quaoar's rings orbit well beyond the Roche limit of the body. Here, we address the possible origins and evolution of these ring systems. |
| title | Origins of rings in the solar system |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00853 |