Discovery of 12 satellites of Saturn exhibiting orbital clustering

Author

GLADMAN, Brett¹ ; KAVELAARS, J. J² ; GRAVY, Tommy⁸ ; HOLMAN, Matthew³ ; NICHOLSON, Philip D⁴ ; BURNS, Joseph A⁴ ; HERGENROTHER, Cart W⁵ ; PETIT, Jean-Marc¹ ; MARSDEN, Brian G³ ; JACOBSON, Robert⁶ ; GRAY, William⁷
[1] Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, B.P. 4229, 06304 Nice, France
[2] Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
[3] Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
[4] Department of Astronomy Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
[5] Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
[6] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 301-150, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasedena, California 91109, United States
[7] Project Pluto, 168 Ridge Road, Bowdoinham, Maine 04008, United States
[8] Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, PB 1029 Blindern, 05315 Oslo, Norway

Source

Nature (London). 2001, Vol 412, Num 6843, pp 163-166 ; ref : 35 ref

CODEN

NATUAS

ISSN

0028-0836

Scientific domain

Multidisciplinary

Publisher

Nature Publishing, London

Publication country

United Kingdom

Document type

Article

Language

English

Keyword (fr)

Détermination orbite Inclinaison Planète Saturne Planétésimales Satellite naturel

Keyword (en)

Orbit determination Tilt Saturn planet Planetesimals Natural satellites

Classification

Pascal

001 Exact sciences and technology / 001E Earth, ocean, space / 001E03 Astronomy / 001E03A Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics. Instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations / 001E03A10 Fundamental astronomy / 001E03A10E Orbit determination and improvement

Pascal

001 Exact sciences and technology / 001E Earth, ocean, space / 001E03 Astronomy / 001E03B Solar system / 001E03B30 Planets, their satellites and rings. Asteroids / 001E03B30M Saturn

Pascal

001 Exact sciences and technology / 001E Earth, ocean, space / 001E03 Astronomy / 001E03B Solar system / 001E03B35 Planetary, asteroid, and satellite characteristics and properties / 001E03B35F Mass, size; gravitational fields; rotation; orbits

Discipline

Astronomy

Origin

Inist-CNRS

Database

PASCAL

INIST identifier

1056093

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