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Planetary science

the confinement of narrow planetary rings by torques from small moons orbiting on either side.

In planetary science, shepherd moon mechanism refers to the confinement of narrow planetary rings by torques from small moons orbiting on either side. This meaning comes from Goldreich (1979) in Nature.[1]

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Goldreich, P., & Tremaine, S. (1979). Towards a theory for the uranian rings. Nature, 277(5692), 97-99. https://doi.org/10.1038/277097a0

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