Irregular moons: Lost and Found

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..613g&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.613

Computer Science

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We have generated a method to diagnose on-sky orbital uncertainty for planetary satellites. We have verified the utility of this method by targeting a sample of irregular moons of the giant planets with moderate uncertainties; the method's predictions for ephemeris uncertainty are verified. We conclude that more than a dozen irregular moons (of Jupiter and Saturn) should now be considered 'lost' because their on-sky uncertainties are comparable to the size of the planet's Hill sphere as seen on the sky.

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