Nottingham Astronomical Society

Dr Phil Sutton

On 5th July I attend the meeting of Nottingham Astronomical Society to give a talk. I recalled some of the most exciting (in my opinion) discoveries made by the Cassini spacecraft over its 13 years in orbit around the most spectacular ringed planet in the Solar System.

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Published by Phil Sutton

Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Lincoln. My research interests include the computer modelling of planetary rings. This includes the very dynamic F ring at the edge of Saturn's rings which interacts with nearby moons on very short time scales. The investigation of planetary rings can help us understand more about planet and moon formation. An potentially interesting case comes in the form of circumbinary exoplanets we have recently discovered like Kepler-16b. These large gas giants are capable of harboring Earth sized moons around them. Yet how might they form? Looking at planetary ring stability around such exotic exoplanets might help us understand more.

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