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Physics of Planetary Rings

Celestial Mechanics of Continuous Media

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  • © 1999

Overview

  • A. Fridman was the first to explain planetary rings
  • This is the first textbook (even the first monograph) on this subject
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Physics of Planetary Rings describes striking structures of the planetary rings of Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune: Narrow ringlets, spiral waves, and a chain of clumps. The author has contributed essential ideas to the full understanding of planetary rings via the stability analysis of dynamical systems. The combination of a high-quality description, the set of interesting illustrations, as well as the fascinating and natural presentation will make this book of considerable interest to astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians as well as students. There is no competing text for this book so far.

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"The book will become essential reading for all researchers into the diverse ring systems of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune."
Irish Astronomical Journal, 2000

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Astronomy RAS, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Alexei M. Fridman

  • Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Alexei M. Fridman

  • Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    Nikolai N. Gorkavyi

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