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We first recall the observations concerning the opaque rings of Saturn and Uranus. Then we describe a model which represents the kinematics of these rings. Finally we review how we treat collisions, self-gravity and satellite perturbations and what are the basic effects of these forces.
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Borderies, N. Dynamics of ring-satellite sytems around saturn and uranus. Celestial Mechanics 34, 297–327 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01235811
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