Analysing the region of the rings and small satellites of Neptune

Autor(es)

Gaslac Gallardo, D. M. ^[1] ; Giuliatti Winter, S. M. ^[1] ; Madeira, G. ^[1] ; Munoz-Gutierrez, M. A. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Grp Dinam Orbital & Planetol, Av Ariberto Pereira da Cunha 333, BR-12516410 Guaratingueta, SP - Brazil

^[2] Acad Sinica, Inst Astron & Astrophys, Taipei 10617 - Taiwan

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE; v. 365, n. 1 JAN 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The ring system and small satellites of Neptune were discovered during Voyager 2 flyby in 1989 (Smith et al. in Science 246:1422, 1989). In this work we analyse the diffusion maps which can give an overview of the system. As a result we found the width of unstable and stable regions close to each satellite. The innermost Galle ring, which is further from the satellites, is located in a stable region, while Lassel ring (W = 4000 km) has its inner border in a stable region depending on its eccentricity. The same happens to the Le Verrier and Adams rings, they are stable for small values of the eccentricity. They can survive to the close satellites perturbation only for values of e < 0.012. When the solar radiation force is taken into account the rings composed by 1 mu m sized particles have a lifetime of about 104 years while larger particles (10 mu m in radius) can survive up to 105 years. The satellites Naiad, Thalassa and Despina can help replenish the lost particles of the Le Verrier, Arago and Lassel rings, while the ejecta produced by Galatea, Larissa and Proteus do not have enough velocity to escape from the satellite gravity. (AU)

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