Shepherd moons

Spectroscopic evidence suggests that the rings are made primarily of water ice. Some scientists believe that the ice may be covered by a thin layer of carbon, accounting for their very low albedo. Interestingly enough, pairs of "shepherd moons," like those observed above Saturn, have also been observed in the Uranian ring system. After the discovery of the Saturnian shepherd moons, researchers... 

The self-similarity between atoms and planetary systems goes even further. Whereas an atomic nucleus is surrounded by an electronic core and a valence shell, the solar system has an inner core of rocky planets with major planets beyond the asteroid belt. A major planet like Saturn has a core of rings and minor shepherding moons, surrounded by regularly spaced major moons. In the case of the solar system, all planets have characteristic quanmm numbers that converge from both ends to the golden ratio at the chaotic asteroid belt. The boundary between planetary rings and major moons is likewise defined by r. 

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The main planets between t and Sol follow the wave pattern generated by the perturbation of the solar pattern by the presence of Jupiter. The central inner planet, Earth is the most massive of these. Each planetary system is surrounded by a wave pattern similar to (a), with moons on well-defined quantized orbits and with rings and shepherding satellites in the inner sector. 

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