Satellite masses in the Uranus and Neptune systems

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Oct 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984nascp2330..463g&link_type=abstract

In JPL Uranus and Neptune p 463-480 (SEE N85-11927 02-91)

Physics

Albedo, Mass Distribution, Miranda Satellite, Neptune (Planet), Satellite Atmospheres, Uranus (Planet), Atmospheric Density, Gas Giant Planets, Miranda, Planetary Radiation, Radiometers, Triton, Uranus Rings

Scientific paper

Satellite masses are derivation with emphasis on implications for bulk densities and albedos is reviewed. In the Uranian system the inner satellites have lower densities and/or higher albedos than the outer ones. However, uncertainties are great enough that all five satellites may have nearly equal densities. In such a case the albedo would decrease with semimajor axis. A more severe constraint is placed on Miranda's mass, and hence on its density and albedo. The recent radiometric value for Triton's diameter, combined with mass determinations, yields a density greater than 4 gm/cu cm.

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