MINOR PLANETS - DISCOVERY OF MINOR SATELLITES

被引：24

作者：

BINZEL, RP ^{[1
]}

VANFLANDERN, TC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] USN OBSERV,WASHINGTON,DC 20390

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 203卷 / 4383期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.203.4383.903

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：

The recent confirmation of the discovery of a satellite of the minor planet 532 Herculina indicates that other similar anomalous sightings are probably also due to satellites, which must therefore be numerous and commonplace. There are now 23 candidate satellites for eight minor planets, and no one of these minor planets occulting a star has failed to show evidence of at least one secondary event. Such companions are gravitationally stable but apparently have rapid tidal evolution rates.

引用

页码：903 / 905

页数：3

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