Abstract

A dynamical time scale for the evolution of spokes in Saturn's B ring has been interpreted as the exponential charge decay time for particulates which comprise the spokes. The investigation of solar UV photoemission as the charge decay mechanism has allowed a dynamical constraint to be placed on the particulate sizes. The mean particulate radius is determined to be 0.10 ± 0.03 μm.

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