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The Motions of Uranus' Satellites: Theory and Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Richard Greenberg
Richard Greenberg*
Affiliation:
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

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As spacecraft and sophisticated ground-based observations measure physical properties of many planets and satellites, dynamical theory and astrometry remain a principal source of such knowledge of the Uranian system. Study of the motions of Uranus' satellites thus has broad application to planetary studies as well as to celestial mechanics. Moreover, the structure and dynamics of the system provide important cosmogonical constraints; any theory of solar system origin and evolution must account for the formation within it of analogous systems of regular satellites.

Type
Part IV: Satellites and Rings
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 81: Dynamics of the Solar System , 1979 , pp. 177 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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