Encyclopedia of the Solar System 2nd ed

500 Encyclopedia of the Solar System thicker and slightly warmer. Strong winds aloft are also indi- cated. Surface-atmosphere in ...

Triton 501 FIGURE 16 (a) Example evolution of Triton’s semimajor axis, aT, as a function of time,t, due to tidal dissipation wit ...

502 Encyclopedia of the Solar System Thus, within a few hundred million years after capture, Triton in all probability went thro ...

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504 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 1 Saturn and it main ring system in near natural color as seen fromVoyager. From bot ...

Planetary Rings 505 TABLE 1 Locations of Major Ring Components. The inner limits of Jupiter’s Amalthea and Thebe rings are poorl ...

506 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 2 A graphic schematic of the ring-moon systems of the giant planets scaled to a comm ...

Planetary Rings 507 3. Overview of Ring Structure Rings are characterized by an enormous variety of structural detail, only some ...

508 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 6 A schematic of Jupiter, its innermost four moonlets, and its ring components (show ...

Planetary Rings 509 HST observations of Uranus in 2003 discovered two new moons of this size; when the instrument is trained on ...

510 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 10 The brightest two neptunian rings, Le Verrier (inner curve) and Adams (outer curv ...

Planetary Rings 511 FIGURE 12 ThisCassiniimage is a close up of the lit face of Saturn’s A ring showing exquisite details in the ...

512 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 13 ThisCassiniimage reveals details of Saturn’s mysterious F ring that lies just out ...

Planetary Rings 513 FIGURE 15 A three-panelCassiniimage of bright spokes seen against the dark side of Saturn’s B ring. Small du ...

514 Encyclopedia of the Solar System FIGURE 18 This dramaticCassiniimage of Saturn’s icy satellite Enceladus shows tiny particle ...

Planetary Rings 515 mass fluxes from interplanetary debris. External gravita- tional forces from other satellites and the nonsph ...

516 Encyclopedia of the Solar System their motion relative to the spinning magnetic field of the host planet. Additionally, the ...

Planetary Rings 517 planet where tidal forces limiting accretion are stronger? Additional evidence against primordial rings rest ...

518 Encyclopedia of the Solar System structures. Future generations of planetary ring enthusi- asts will have much to look forwa ...

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