On the lack of commensurabilities in the mean motions of the satellites of Uranus and the resurfacing of Ariel

Details On the lack of commensurabilities in the mean motions of the satellites of Uranus and the resurfacing of Ariel On the lack of commensurabilities in the mean motions of the satellites of Uranus and the resurfacing of Ariel

May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept...22p&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 22 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)

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Geophysics

Heating, Miranda, Resonance, Satellite Surfaces, Tides, Umbriel, Eccentric Orbits, Evolution (Development), Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics)

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The lack of commensurabilites among the mean motion of the satellites of Uranus is investigated by determining the probabilities of capture into those orbital resonances which might be encountered as the satellite orbits expand differentially from tidal torques. An alternate to this is investigated to evaluate the conditions necessary to allow sufficient tidal heating of Ariel for the observed resurfacing.

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