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Retrograde Predominance of Small Saturnian Moons Reiterates a Recent Retrograde Collisional Disruption

We report the discovery and careful orbital determination of 64 new irregular moons of Saturn found in images taken using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope from 2019 to 2021, bringing the total number of Saturnian irregulars to 122. By more than doubling the sample of Saturnian irregular moon orbit...

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Hauptverfasser: Edward Ashton, Brett Gladman, Mike Alexandersen, Jean-Marc Petit
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Schriftenreihe:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online-Zugang:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae1d62
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