Unravelling Temporal Variability in Saturn's Spiral Density Waves: Results and Predictions
Nicholson, Philip D.; Porco, Carolyn C.; Hedman, Matthew M.; Burns, Joseph A.; Tiscareno, Matthew S.
United States
Abstract
We describe a model that accounts for the complex morphology of spiral density waves raised in Saturn's rings by the co-orbital satellites, Janus and Epimetheus. Our model may be corroborated by future Cassini observations of these time-variable wave patterns.