We review our understanding of Saturn's rings after nearly 6 years of observations by the
Cassini spacecraft. Saturn's rings are composed mostly of water ice but also contain an …

One of the stranger planetary rings is Saturn's narrow, clumpy F ring, lying just outside the
main rings, in a region disturbed by chaotic orbital dynamics. We show that the F ring has a …

Abstract The Cassini mission to Saturn opened a new era in the research of planetary rings,
bringing data in unprecedented detail, monitoring the structure and properties of Saturn's …

We summarize the current state of observations of circumplanetary dust populations,
including both dilute and dense rings and tori around the giant planets, ejecta clouds …

The origin and long-term evolution of Saturn's rings is still an unsolved problem in modern
planetary science. In this chapter we review the current state of our knowledge on this long …

Abstract Properties of the small inner satellites of Saturn are updated using final Cassini
image data. The equatorial ridges on Pan and Atlas are morphologically, structurally, and …

Abstract Cuzzi et al.(2014) described the dynamical properties of Saturn's F Ring region
numerically and analytically. They found that most of the region was dynamically chaotic due …

The long-term stability of the narrow F Ring core has been hard to understand. Instead of
acting as “shepherds”, Prometheus and Pandora together stir the vast preponderance of the …

We propose a simple theoretical model for aggregative and fragmentative collisions in
Saturn's dense rings. In this model the ring matter consists of a bimodal size distribution …

Planetary rings are swarms of objects orbiting a central planet with vertical motions that are
small compared to their motions within a common plane. This characteristic arises because …