DISCOVERY OF A NEW JUPITER SATELLITE

被引：31

作者：

JEWITT, DC ^{[1
]}

DANIELSON, GE ^{[1
]}

SYNNOTT, SP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91103

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 206卷 / 4421期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.206.4421.951

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

During detailed analysis of Voyager 2 pictures of the Jupiter ring, a starlike object was identified in the plane of the ring. The same object was subsequently found on a higher-resolution frame and proved to be a satellite of Jupiter. This satellite has a circular orbit whose radius is 1.8 Jupiter radii, a period of 7 hours and 8 minutes, and a diameter of less than 40 kilometers. It is located at the outer edge of the Jupiter ring. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.

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页码：951 / 951

页数：1