Size Distributions of Satellite Dust Eje
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Robin M. Canup; Joshua E. Colwell; Mihaly Horanyi
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Article
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1993
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We examine the steady-state size distribution of dust ejecta in the vicinity of a satellite which acts as both a source and a sink for dust particles. The orbital motion of the dust particles is modified by radiation pressure and planetary oblateness which together produce periodic eccentricity pert