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frankuitaalst

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Keeler Gap Sim ?
08/21/16 at 00:55:11

I came upon this link , dealing with the Keeler Gap near Saturn where te moon Daphnis seems to make some waves on the ring nearby , as it passes the ring particles .

http://www.universetoday.com/130351/new-jpl-visualization-waves-saturns-rings-pu ts-keeler-gap/

I wonder if this aspect ( waves ) may be simulated with Gravity Simulator ?
Haven't tried yet myself.

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Tony YaBB Administrator Posts: 1057 Gender:	Re: Keeler Gap Sim ? Reply #1 - 08/22/16 at 21:10:24 I saw the same article you did and wondered the same. It would take a lot of particles and probably run prohibitively slow. I can see why the moon would disrupt the rings, but I can't see why the rings would settle back to normal after the moon passed.
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Reply #2 - 08/24/16 at 09:26:31

Quote from Tony on 08/22/16 at 21:10:24:

I saw the same article you did and wondered the same. It would take a lot of particles and probably run prohibitively slow. I can see why the moon would disrupt the rings, but I can't see why the rings would settle back to normal after the moon passed.

I agree , I also cannot see why the particles return to the normal plane , except if one takes into account inelastic collisions between particles .
If there is no dissipation of energy one would observe a ring with ever lasting fringes I imagine .

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frankuitaalst Ultimate Member Great site Posts: 1508 Gender:	Re: Keeler Gap Sim ? Reply #3 - 08/27/16 at 13:29:14 Googling for "Keeler Gap" , I came upon this link . Nice animations . Seems indeed the Keeler Gap Waves need indeed some model of inelastic modelling . http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~mlewis/Rings/KeelerGap2005/
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