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Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Close Encounters of Particles in Planetary Rings

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Predictability, Stability, and Chaos in N-Body Dynamical Systems

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The study of the structure and dynamical evolution of planetary rings is considered nowadays as an essential part of the research in the evolution of the solar system.

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Gama, F.P., Petit, JM. (1991). Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Close Encounters of Particles in Planetary Rings. In: Roy, A.E. (eds) Predictability, Stability, and Chaos in N-Body Dynamical Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 272. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5997-5_29

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