Gravitational resonances and the rings of Uranus

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Jun 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982jbaa...92..157s&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.92, no.4, p.157-163

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The close association between the orbital radii of seven of the nine known narrow rings encircling Uranus, and the gravitational resonances generated by its satellites, suggests that resonance theory might be applied to this system. If the radii of the rings are determined by resonances, then the Beta and Delta rings indicate the probable existence of an as yet undiscovered sixth satellite of Uranus. This satellite is predicted to move in a near circular orbit of radius 105,221 km with a period of 1.024 days and to possess a diameter of approximately 220 km.

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