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The encounter of Voyager 1 with Saturn in November 1980 revealed the ringlet structure of its rings. As the theoretical examination of the collisional evolution of keplerian systems1,2 had predicted such a structure in dense matter as a consequence of amplified fluctuations in density, some new computer simulations have now been carried out to check this effect. These simulations actually led to a strong, irreversible growth in the density maximum.
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Lukkari, J. Collisional amplification of density fluctuations in Saturn's rings. Nature 292, 433–435 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292433a0
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