As with all science, our continually develo** concepts of lunar evolution are firmly tied to
both new types of observations and the integration of these observations to the known pool …

Abstract The Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) is a remote-sensing Fourier
Transform Spectrometer (FTS) on the Cassini orbiter that measures thermal radiation over …

▪ Abstract The giant impact theory is the leading hypothesis for the origin of the Moon. This
review focuses on dynamical aspects of an impact-induced lunar formation, in particular …

The natural satellites of planets in the solar system display a rich variety of orbital
configurations and surface characteristics that have intrigued astronomers, physicists, and …

Abstract The Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) is part of the remote sensing
payload of the Cassini orbiter spacecraft. UVIS has two spectrographic channels that …

Although the mechanism by which the Moon was formed is currently unknown, several lines
of evidence point to its accretion from a circumterrestrial disk of debris generated by a giant …

Saturn's rings consist of a huge number of water ice particles, with a tiny addition of rocky
material. They form a flat disk, as the result of an interplay of angular momentum …

The origin of Saturn's inner mid-sized moons (Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea)
and Saturn's rings is debated. Charnoz et al.[Charnoz, S., Salmon J., Crida A., 2010. Nature …

The regular satellites of the giant planets are believed to have finished their accretion
concurrent with the planets, about 4.5 Gyr ago,,,. A population of Saturn's small moons …

Observations by the Galileo spacecraft and the Keck telescope showed that Jupiter's
outermost (gossamer) ring is actually two rings circumscribed by the orbits of the small …