Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987jgr....9214884j&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 92, Dec. 30, 1987, p. 14884-14894.
Physics
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Chemical Composition, Density (Mass/Volume), Planetary Composition, Uranus Satellites, Atmospheric Models, Satellite Atmospheres, Satellite Surfaces, Silicates, Temperature Distribution, Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Scientific paper
Homogeneous and core-differentiated silicate/ice models of the Uranian satellites Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon are examined in the light of imaging observations and mass and density determinations obtained during the Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus in January 1986. The data and model predictions are compared in extensive tables and graphs and discussed in detail. The mass fractions of silicates in Oberon and Titania are found to be between 0.42 and 0.65, about the same as the average for the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn but significantly higher than that for the smaller Saturnian satellites or that predicted by current solar-nebula models. It is suggested that the satellites formed by accretion of material from their primary planets' outer envelopes. The observed rock/ice fractions are attributed to solar-nebula CO and solid-organics abundances and to preferential dissolution of H2O in outer-envelope planetesimals.
Brown Robert Hanbury
Johnson Torrence V.
Pollack James B.
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