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Prometheus Induced Vorticity in Saturn's F Ring

Sutton, Phil J.; Kusmartsev, Feo V.

Saturn's rings are known to show remarkable real time variability in their structure. Many of which can be associated to interactions with nearby moons and moonlets. Possibly the most interesting and dynamic place in the rings, probably in the whole Solar System, is the F ring. A highly disrupted ring with large asymmetries both radially and azimu…