(Source: SETI Institute) The following is a list of posters and presentations by SETI Institute scientists attending the DPS meeting in Pasadena, CA, October 16-21, 2016. 1. M. S. Tiscareno* SETI Institute Propeller peregrinations: Ongoing observations of disk-embedded migration in Saturn's rings The 'propeller' moons within Saturn's rings are the first objects ever to have their orbits tracked while embedded in a disk, rather than moving through empty space (Tiscareno et al. 2010, ApJL). The km-sized 'giant propellers' whose orbits have been tracked in the outer-A ring, as well as their smaller 0.1-km-sized brethren swarming in the mid-A ring, are not seen directly; rather, their locations...
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