Eight more moons for Saturn |
Eight more moons for Saturn |
 Jun 27 2006, 05:31 AM
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The Minor Planet Center today issued an MPEC that listed eight more outer moons for Saturn. They are all very small, in retrograd orbits, and typically have orbital periods of two to three years. They were discovered with the eight meter Subaru telescope in Hawaii, by Jewitt and company.
Edit: As Jyril points out below, there is a ninth satellite that the MPC, for some reason, listed in a seperate posting. |
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Holder of the Two Leashes Eight more moons for Saturn Jun 27 2006, 05:31 AM
Jyril Nine new moons, actually. S/2004 S 19 in the previ... Jun 27 2006, 11:50 AM elakdawalla Can anyone help me? I've forgotten how to rea... Jun 27 2006, 05:15 PM
ugordan You can find an explanation of the orbital element... Jun 27 2006, 05:34 PM elakdawalla Thanks ugordan! I thought that's what ... Jun 27 2006, 06:02 PM volcanopele Well Neptune has a couple of moons that have semi... Jun 27 2006, 06:12 PM Jyril Neptune's outer irregular satellites have very... Jun 27 2006, 08:21 PM Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 27 2006, 02:21 PM) Nep... Jun 27 2006, 09:43 PM elakdawalla So what are the Hill spheres of Jupiter, Saturn, a... Jun 27 2006, 10:13 PM Jyril Jupiter: 53.2 million km = 0.35 AU
Saturn: 65.5 mi... Jun 27 2006, 10:38 PM mchan QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 27 2006, 03:38 PM) r ~... Jun 29 2006, 06:17 AM Jyril Umm... no, if you don't want an SI result. Jun 29 2006, 02:00 PM helvick QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 29 2006, 03:00 PM) Umm... Jun 29 2006, 04:09 PM Jyril Titan probably has larger Hill sphere than any oth... Jun 27 2006, 10:54 PM tasp QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 27 2006, 05:54 PM) Add... Jun 27 2006, 11:47 PM Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 27 2006, 04:54 PM) Add... Jul 15 2006, 07:32 PM Jyril If the irregular satellites originate from capture... Jul 15 2006, 08:35 PM Themisto QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 28 2006, 12:54 AM) Tit... Aug 5 2006, 11:39 AM Rob Pinnegar QUOTE (Themisto @ Aug 5 2006, 05:39 AM) H... Aug 5 2006, 03:07 PM tasp Seems like Iapetus would have a uniquely large Hil... Jul 16 2006, 02:46 AM Jyril Dactyl's orbit is poorly constrained, but it i... Aug 6 2006, 02:55 PM  |
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