Numerical Simulations of Narrow Planetary Rings: An Animation

  • R. A. Kolvoord
  • J. A. Burns
Conference paper

Abstract

The availability of bigger and more powerful computers has been a boon to the study of dynamical simulations. Models can now be extended both in size and time with a concommitant increase in output. This plethora of data has inspired the development of new methods for analysis and display of results. Animation has proven to be a very useful tool in this context, but it has traditionally been extremely difficult and tedious to produce films. In this paper, we present a simple and easy-to-use method for representing the output of a complex discrete dynamical simulation by animation on a personal computer. Using a Macintosh and the commercially available software MacMovie, we will demonstrate the usefulness of a simple image animation process for analyzing some results of complicated computer models.

Keywords

Discrete Time Interval Eccentric Orbit Inclination Orbit Center Strand Planetary Ring 
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References

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Copyright information

© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. A. Kolvoord
    • 1
  • J. A. Burns
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Theoretical and Applied MechanicsCornell UniversityIthacaUSA

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