Minor planets and planetary rings.
Abstract
Circumstances of the discovery of the first asteroid and the characteristics of various orbits followed by them have been discussed. Their shapes, compositions and evolutionary histories so far known have also been described. The review also covers the present status of knowledge about the rings surrounding 3 giant planets.
- Publication:
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Binary and Multiple Systems
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984bims.symp...95B
- Keywords:
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- Masses:Minor Planets;
- Minor Planets:Discoveries;
- Minor Planets:Masses;
- Minor Planets:Orbits;
- Orbits:Minor Planets;
- Planetary Rings