Revenge of tiny Miranda

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Oct 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977natur.269..783g&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 269, Oct. 27, 1977, p. 783-785.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Miranda, Natural Satellites, Planetary Orbits, Uranus (Planet), Celestial Mechanics, Libration, Resonance

Scientific paper

An investigation is conducted concerning the resonance model for the rings of Uranus proposed by Dermott and Gold (1977). Dermott and Gold had dismissed resonances involving Miranda as insignificant. The reported investigation shows, however, that the strongest resonances are all associated with Miranda. It is also found that the hypothesis that the rings are made up of librating particles is incorrect. If the ring positions are determined by resonances, the control is more subtle than previously suggested. One possibility is that the rings are the crests of nonlinear density waves in an optically thin disk of particles.

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