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Shepherd Moons

Shepherd Moons is a class of natural satellites whose gravitational interactions with a planetary ring system confine and shape ring particles, thereby maintaining narrow ring structures through stable orbital resonances.

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1.3K

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64

Authors

36

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2017–2026

3

Variants

Shepherd Satellites

Parents

Publications

19

Sizes, shapes, and derived properties of the saturnian satellites after the Cassini nominal mission

P. C. Thomas · Icarus · 2010 · 190 citations

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Shapes of the saturnian icy satellites and their significance

P. Thomas, John W. Burns, P. Helfenstein et al. · Icarus · 2007 · 171 citations

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ON A GIANT IMPACT ORIGIN OF CHARON, NIX, AND HYDRA

R. M. Canup · The Astronomical Journal · 2010 · 157 citations · Full text

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A Solar System dust ring with the Earth as its shepherd

A. A. Jackson, H. A. Zook · Nature · 1989 · 139 citations

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CONSTRAINING THE PLANETARY SYSTEM OF FOMALHAUT USING HIGH-RESOLUTION ALMA OBSERVATIONS

A. C. Boley, Matthew J. Payne, Stuartt Corder et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2012 · 139 citations · Full text

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Authors

64

  1. SP
    S. P. Synnott

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  2. CC
    C. C. Porco

    Space Science Institute, United States

    2 publications · 182 citations

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  3. PC
    P. C. Thomas

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 201 citations

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  4. RH
    Ryuki Hyodo

    Life Science Institute, Japan

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  5. PH
    P. Helfenstein

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 182 citations

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Institutions

36

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    257 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    221 citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    319 citations

  4. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    198 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    1K citations

  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

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Venues

  1. Icarus

    5 publications · 527 citations

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  2. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 3 publications · 260 citations

    3

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 2 publications · 105 citations

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  4. Nature Geoscience

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)

    Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations

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