A common mass scaling for satellite systems of gaseous planets

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7095, 2006, Pages 834-839

  Canup, Robin M ^a   Ward, William R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ORBITS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GASEOUS PLANETS; MASS FRACTIONS; ORBITAL DECAY; SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

PLANETS;

HYDROGEN; ICE;

HYDROGEN; JUPITER; MARS; MOON; PLANETARY SATELLITE; ROCK; SATURN; SOLAR SYSTEM; URANUS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DYNAMICS; GAS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOLID;

EID: 33745199831     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04860     Document Type: Article

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