Discovery of 12 satellites of saturn exhibiting orbital clustering
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Research describing the discovery of twelve irregular satellites of Saturn is presented. The orbits of the satellites are determined and their origins investigated with reference to other satellite systems.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Discovery of five irregular moons of Neptune
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The discovery of five irregular moons of Neptune, where two moons are with prograde orbits and three are with retrograde orbits is presented. It was seen that most satellite clusters had homogenous colors, thus indicating that the irregulars are collisional fragments of larger progenitors and the similarities between the orbits of S/2002 N 2 and S/2002 N 3 and S/2003 N 1 and S/2002 N 4 shows that such families exist amongst the Neptunian irregulars.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Discovery of two distant irregular moons of Uranus
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Satellite systems surrounding the giant planets in the Solar System have architectures that are remarkably similar. Two satellites orbiting Uranus have been discovered at distances of several hundred planetary radii. Their incline, retrograde orbits identify them as irregular. Their estimated radii is just 60 and 30 km, and they are unusually red in colour, indicating a link with other recently discovered bodies orbiting the outer Solar System.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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