Neptune's small inner satellites

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Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jgr....9619261t&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research Supplement (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 96, Oct. 30, 1991, p. 19,261-19,268.

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Icy Satellites, Neptune Satellites, Planetology, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Albedo, Satellite Rotation, Satellite Surfaces, Shapes, Size (Dimensions)

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The six small inner satellites of Neptune discovered by Voyager 2 are described. Proteus (1989N1), the largest of these sattelites, has a mean radius of 208 +/-8 km, while the radius of the smallest, Naiad (1989N6), is 29 +/-6 km. The inner satellite system of Neptune is similar to that of Uranus in that the albedos of the satellites are effectively the same (four of the Neptune's satellites have geometric albedos of 0.06 at 0.48 micron), the sizes are similar, and some have orbits within the region of planetary rings. The two largest satellites of this group are resolved as irregular objects; they have limb roughnesses comparable to those of similarly sized satellites of other planets.

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