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Global 1-km Coastal Bathymetry from Sentinel-2 Wave Inversion using the Satellite-to-Shores (S2hores) Toolbox. [PDF]
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The discovery of faint irregular satellites of Uranus
Icarus, 2004 We report the discovery of four new uranian irregular satellites in our deep, mR ∼ 25.4, optical search around that planet. The orbital properties of these satellites are diverse. Th ere is some grouping of inclinations and one of the satellites appears to be inside the Kozai resonant zone of Uranus.
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The Irregular Satellites of Saturn
, 2018 With 38 known members, the outer or irregular moons constitute the largest group of satellites in the saturnian system. All but exceptionally big Phoebe were discovered between the years 2000 and 2007. Observations from the ground and from near-Earth space constrained the orbits and revealed their approximate sizes (~4 to ~40 km), low visible albedos ...
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Irregular Satellites in the Context of Planet Formation
Space Science Reviews, 2005All four giant planets in the solar system possess irregular satellites, characterized by large, highly eccentric and/or highly inclined orbits. These bodies were likely captured from heliocentric orbit, probably in association with planet formation itself. Enabled by the use of large-format digital imagers on ground-based telescopes, new observational
David Jewitt +2 more
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On the Inclination Distribution of the Jovian Irregular Satellites
Icarus, 2002Irregular satellites—moons that occupy large orbits of significant eccentricity e and/or inclination I—circle each of the giant planets. The irregulars often extend close to the orbital stability limit, about 1/3–1/2 of the way to the edge of their planet's Hill sphere. The distant, elongated, and inclined orbits suggest capture, which presumably would
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Black rain: The burial of the Galilean satellites in irregular satellite debris
Icarus, 2013Abstract Irregular satellites are dormant comet-like bodies that reside on distant prograde and retrograde orbits around the giant planets. They are likely to be captured objects. Dynamical modeling work indicates they may have been caught during a violent reshuffling of the giant planets ∼4 Gy ago (Ga) as described by the so-called Nice model ...
William F Bottke +2 more
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Chaoticity of the Jovian Irregular Satellites
, 2009 Until now, the study of the chaoticity of the Jovian irregular satellites has been restricted to several ones and investigated on a limited integration time. We have extended these studies to the whole number of satellites and in time integration.
Frouard, Julien +2 more
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An abundant population of small irregular satellites around Jupiter
Nature, 2003Irregular satellites have eccentric orbits that can be highly inclined or even retrograde relative to the equatorial planes of their planets. These objects cannot have formed by circumplanetary accretion, unlike the regular satellites that follow uninclined, nearly circular and prograde orbits.
Scott S Sheppard
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Irregular Satellites of Jupiter: a study of the capture direction
Earth, Moon and Planets, 2007 The irregular satellites of Jupiter are believed to be captured asteroids or planetesimals. In the present work is studied the direction of capture of these objects as a function of their orbital inclination.
O C Winter, E Vieira Neto
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