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| Autor(es): |
Madeira, Gustavo
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Giuliatti Winter, Silvia M.
Número total de Autores: 2
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; v. 513, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2022-04-21. |
| Resumo | |
The arcs of Neptune - Fraternite, Egalite, Liberte, and Courage - are four incomplete rings immersed in the Adams ring. A recent confinement model for the arcs proposes that the structures are azimuthally confined by four co-orbital moonlets. In this work, we intend to approach some points related to the dynamics of co-orbital moonlets and suggest a model for their formation. We study the equilibrium configurations for 1+N co-orbital satellites under the 42:43 Lindblad resonance with Galatea. We obtained three distinct configurations with 1+3 and 1+4 moonlets able to confine and reproduce the location of the arcs. The moonlets' formation is analysed by the disruption of an ancient body at a Lagrangian point of a moon. The disruption fragments spread out in horseshoe orbits and collide to form moonlets, which reach an equilibrium configuration due to a non-conservative effect. In such a scenario, the arcs likely formed through a mixture of different processes, with impacts between disruption outcomes and meteoroid impacts with the moonlets being possibilities. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 13/07375-0 - CeMEAI - Centro de Ciências Matemáticas Aplicadas à Indústria |
| Beneficiário: | Francisco Louzada Neto |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs |
| Processo FAPESP: | 16/24561-0 - A relevância dos pequenos corpos em dinâmica orbital |
| Beneficiário: | Othon Cabo Winter |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |