Photometric survey of the irregular satellites [PDF]
Icarus, 2003 Submitted to Icarus, 43 pages including 5 ...
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Three-body capture of irregular satellites: Application to Jupiter [PDF]
Icarus, 2010 We investigate a new theory of the origin of the irregular satellites of the giant planets: capture of one member of a ~100-km binary asteroid after tidal disruption. The energy loss from disruption is sufficient for capture, but it cannot deliver the bodies directly to the observed orbits of the irregular satellites.
Philpott, Catherine +2 more
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Spectroscopic Links among Giant Planet Irregular Satellites and Trojans
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We collect near-infrared spectra (∼0.75–2.55 μ m) of four Jovian irregular satellites and visible spectra (∼0.32–1.00 μ m) of two Jovian irregular satellites, two Uranian irregular satellites, and four Neptune Trojans.
Benjamin N. L. Sharkey +4 more
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JWST Reveals Varied Origins between Jupiter’s Irregular Satellites
The Planetary Science JournalWe report JWST NIRSpec (0.7–5.1 μ m) observations of eight Jovian irregular satellites across five orbital groups. We detect variation in the phyllosilicate content of the three largest members of the Himalia collisional family (Himalia, D ∼ 140 km ...
Benjamin N. L. Sharkey +5 more
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Irregular Satellites of the Planets: Products of Capture in the Early Solar System
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2007 All four giant planets in the Solar system possess irregular satellites, characterized by large, highly eccentric and/or inclined orbits that are distinct from the nearly circular, uninclined orbits of the regular satellites.
David Jewitt +6 more
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Photometry of Irregular Satellites of Uranus and Neptune [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2004 13 pages (including 3 figures and 2 tables).
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Mapping the $��_\odot$ Secular Resonance for Retrograde Irregular Satellites [PDF]
, 2009 Constructing dynamical maps from the filtered output of numerical integrations, we analyze the structure of the $ _\odot$ secular resonance for fictitious irregular satellites in retrograde orbits. This commensurability is associated to the secular angle $ = \varpi - \varpi_\odot$, where $\varpi$ is the longitude of pericenter of the satellite and ...
Otto, J. Correa +3 more
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Astrometric positions for 18 irregular satellites of giant planets from 23 years of observations
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015 The irregular satellites of the giant planets are believed to have been captured during the evolution of the solar system. Knowing their physical parameters, such as size, density, and albedo is important for constraining where they came from and how ...
Andrei, A. H. +14 more
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Re-recognized universality of Kozai oscillation on three-body dynamics [PDF]
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological SciencesIn 1962, Yoshihide Kozai reported his findings on the secular dynamics of asteroids moving in orbits with high inclination and eccentricity. In contrast to the classic understanding of the stability of planetary motion in the solar system, Kozai showed ...
Masanori IYE, Takashi ITO
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Fusion of multi-source precipitation records via coordinate-based generative models [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPrecipitation remains one of the most challenging climate variables to observe and predict. Existing datasets face intricate trade-offs: gauges are relatively trustworthy but sparse, satellites provide near-global coverage with retrieval uncertainties ...
Sencan Sun +7 more
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