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  <dc:contributor>C.D. Murray</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>M. Gordon</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Winter S.M. Giuliatti</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2000</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The strange morphology of the F ring of Saturn is thought to be caused by the perturbing effects of two close satellites, Prometheus and Pandora. The F ring and the satellites also experience periodic close encounters as a result of differential precession arising from Saturn's oblateness. Using the orbits of the F-ring strands derived by Murray et al. (1997, Icarus 129, 304-316) the behaviour of the ring particles at their closest approach to Prometheus is analysed using numerical simulations. The results show that a gap and a wave are formed in the ring at each encounter with the satellite. However, the gap is expected to have a short lifetime due to keplerian shear.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00009-X</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Perturbations to Saturn's F-ring strands at their closest approach to Prometheus</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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