Scott Tremaine, “Astrophysical Wonders” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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A Question About Planetary Rings
i want to talk a little bit about some am detailed features and aspect of your work, and how you actually do that. So i have a specific question and a general question. My specific question is, i've heard about these things called shepherding satellites, shepherding moons and and how they somehow, a, had some effect on the formation of te of rings, of planetary rings. A, so i'd like you to explain that to me. But i also would like you to talk about the process of discovery that you were involved in. I think a lot of people, because you played a seminal role development of our understanding there um.
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