Abstract
Reevaluation of the interplanetary meteoroid mass flux at 10 AU obtains a value of M≈6×104g sec−1 for the meteoroid mass loading rate to the rings of Saturn. This meteoroid impact flux suggests that a large change to the configuration of the ring system could occur in a relatively short time (≲109years). This new element thus should be taken into consideration in discussion of the dynamical evolution of the rings.
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