Prediscovery evidence of planetary rings

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jbis...33..287m&link_type=abstract

British Interplanetary Society, Journal (Space Chronicle), vol. 33, Aug. 1980, p. 287-294.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomy, Jupiter Rings, Planetology, Saturn Rings, Solar System, Uranus Rings, Earth (Planet), Neptune (Planet), Pluto (Planet), Sun

Scientific paper

The discoveries of the Uranian and Jovian ring systems were surprising events to most of the scientific community. However, as far back as 1787 reports of observations of rings about a planet other than Saturn were made; Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus, thought he had detected rings about that planet on several occasions. Although Herschel's observations were almost certainly due to defects in the optical system of his telescope, several valid observations and predictions have been made in the last two hundred years. This paper focuses on such prediscovery evidence for the Uranian and Jovian rings and for the newly designated F ring of Saturn. Some new work of the author on the structure of the Saturnian rings is included which is relevant to the F ring. The prospects for rings about Neptune and Pluto and a ring close to the Sun are also reviewed. The relevance of the prediscovery evidence to aspects of scientific methodology is discussed.

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