Orbits of the ten small satellites of Uranus

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May 1987

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Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 93, May 1987, p. 1268-1271.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Orbital Elements, Planetary Orbits, Uranus Satellites, Circular Orbits, Equatorial Orbits, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Uranus, Satellites, Orbits, Orbital Elements, Voyager 2, Astronomy, Catalog, Spacecraft Observations, Imagery, Analysis, Calculations, Inclination, Size, Shape, Procedure, Data Reduction

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Orbital elements are presented for the ten small satellites discovered by Voyager 2 at Uranus (Smith et al., 1986). These ten new satellites, whose provisional IAU designations are 1985U1 and 1986U1 through 1986U9, lie for the most part in equatorial, circular orbits; the most notable exception is 1986U8, the outer ɛ-ring shepherd, whose eccentricity e = 0.0101. Unlike the Voyager discoveries at Saturn, which included two co-orbiting satellites and three librators, the ten small Uranian satellites all have quite different semimajor axes.

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