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The system of narrow elliptical Uranian rings is one of the most mysterious astronomical objects. At present they may be considered as attractors. But the question of their forming in the circumplanetary Uranian disk at its protostage is still open.
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Fridman, A.M., Gor’kavyj, N.N. (1989). The Origin and Evolutionary Dynamics of Uranian Rings. In: Gaponov-Grekhov, A.V., Rabinovich, M.I., Engelbrecht, J. (eds) Nonlinear Waves. Research Reports in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74366-5_14
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