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The Cassini-Huygens arrival into the Saturnian system brought a large amount of data about the satellites and rings. Two diffuse rings were found in the region between the A ring and Prometheus. R/2004 S1 is coorbital to Atlas and R/2004 S2 is close to Prometheus. In this work we analysed the closest approach between Prometheus and both rings. As a result we found that the satellite removes particles from R/2004 S2 ring. Long-term numerical simulations showed that some particles can cross the F ring region . The well known region of the F ring, where small satellites are present and particles are being taking from the ring, gains a new insight with the presence of particles from R/2004 S2 ring. The computation of the Lyapunov Characteristic Exponent reveled that the R/2004 S2 ring lies in a chaotic region while R/2004 S1 ring and Atlas are in a stable region. Atlas is responsible for the formation of three regimes in the R/2004 S1 ring, as expected for a satellite embedded in a ring.
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SMGW thanks FUNDUNESP, RS and DCM thank CNPq and TAB thanks PAE/UNESP for the financial support.
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Winter, S.M.G., Sfair, R., Mourão, D.C. et al. Analysing the New Saturnian Rings, R/2004 S1 and R/2004 S2. Earth Moon Planet 97, 189–201 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11038-006-9082-x
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