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Orbital Evolution of Small Particles Ejected from Martian Satellites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

Hiroshi Ishimoto*
Affiliation:
The Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657, Japan

Abstract

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The dynamical behavior of dust particles ejected from Martian satellites is examined. On the basis of numerical simulations and analytical estimation for the orbital evolution of particles, we have found that there exists two kinds of resonance orbits around Mars. Particles ejected from Phobos and Deimos are influenced by these orbital resonances, and form dust rings with an asymmetrical structure along the orbit of the satellite, i.e., dust rings with a thin disk-like shape for Phobos and with a vertically extended structure for Deimos.

Type
V. Dusty Planetary Rings
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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