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Orbits of the ten small satellites of UranusOrbital elements are presented for the ten small satellites discovered by Voyager 2 at Uranus. These ten new satellites, whose provisional IAU designations are 1985UI and 1986UI through 1986U9, lie for the most part in equatorial, circular orbits; the most notable exception is 1986U8, the outer epsilon-ring shepherd, whose eccentricity e = 0.0101. Unlike the Voyager discoveries at Saturn, which included two co-orbiting satellites and three librators, the ten small Uranian satellites all have quite different semimajor axes.
Document ID
19870053202
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Owen, W. M., Jr.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Synnott, S. P.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Journal
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
87A40476
Distribution Limits
Public
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