Rings of Uranus: Invisible and Impossible?
Abstract
Neither the dynamical nor the optical properties of the rings of Uranus are easily understood, unless it is assumed that they are not rings in the ordinary sense but simply volatile material in the orbits of several individual small satellites. It is possible that other natural satellites may also leave such rings in their wakes.
- Publication:
-
Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.204.4397.1076
- Bibcode:
- 1979Sci...204.1076V
- Keywords:
-
- Dynamic Characteristics;
- Optical Properties;
- Uranus Rings;
- Dynamic Models;
- Natural Satellites;
- Ring Structures;
- Uranus Atmosphere;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Uranus;
- RINGS;
- URANUS;
- HYPOTHESES;
- MODELS;
- OPTICAL PROPERTIES;
- DYNAMICS;
- ORBITS;
- VOLATILES;
- SATELLITES