Physical properties of the natural satellites

Morrison, David; Cruikshank, D. P.

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“…Some reported an increase in brightness of 0.1 magnitudes, lasting as long as 15 min upon reemergence of the satellite from Jupiter's shadow, though other observers have failed to detect any change in brightness, Morrison and Cruikshank (1974). This could suggest that the satellite may have an atmosphere.…”

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“…The satellites of these major planets are not expected to have substantial atmospheres, and those observations that suggest the presence of atmospheres have tended to be controversial (Morrison and Cruikshank 1974). Only Io of the Galilean satellites, and Titan the Saturnian satellite are definitely known to possess atmospheres, and the observations which presented this unambiguous evidence have been made mainly during the past few years.…”

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“…Then we find that Io is bright, as if covered by ice, but does not show any ice absorption features. Finally the reasons for the dark poles of the satellite are not understood (Morrison and Cruikshank (1974)). Fanale et al (1974) suggest that Io's surface composition involves evaporite salt deposits which are rich in sodium and sulphur, which would both provide a Downloaded by ["Queen's University Libraries, Kingston"] at 03:15 05 January 2015…”

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The atmospheres of the outer planets

Hunt

1976

Advances in Physics

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Beyond the asteroid belt lie the giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and their extensive satellite systems, and Pluto, which is more like a satellite than any of its giant companions. Those large planets are huge, rapidly rotating bodies and seem to Ibrm two separate families.Jupiter and Saturn appear to have an apparently permanently banded appearance of alternating light and dark clouds of rapidly changing colours. The composition of their atmospheres seems to be similar to that of the Sun. Present theories are unable to account for the banded structure, the origin of the colours and the Great Rod Spot situated in the southern Jovian hemisphere. These planets are surrounded by an extensive system of 23 satellites. Two of them, Io of the Galilean satellites, and Titan of the Saturnian system, have atmospheres. The Titan atmosphere is thought to be considerably larger than the present Martian atmosphere.Uranus and Neptune are thought to form a separate family of planets, with less than solar proportions of the light elements, and larger portions of methane than found on Jupiter and Saturn.In this article, which was completed in March 1976, we review our current understanding of the atmospheres of the major planets. CONTENTS

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The atmospheres of the outer planets

Hunt

1976

Advances in Physics

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“…Photographs taken under very good conditions show markings consistent with the visual observations (Minton 1973). A very fine image of 10 was obtained by the Stratoscope balloon-born telescope by Danielson and Tomasko [see reproduction in Morrison & Cruikshank (1974)]. This image has a resolution of about 0.1 arc second and clearly shows lo's dark poles.…”

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The Galilean Satellites of Jupiter: Four Worlds

Johnson¹

1978

Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.

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“…The orbital data are taken from Morrison and Cruikshank (1974) who extracted them from Gondolatsch (1965) and Whitaker and Greenberg (1973). Figure 1 provided by William Sinton (1972).…”

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The Satellites of Uranus

Cruikshank

1982

International Astronomical Union Colloquium

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The Uranian satellite system contains five known members, all of which are difficult to study owing to their faintness and proximity to Uranus. The photometry of these objects is not in a satisfactory state, nor is the photovisual spectrophotometry.Infrared observations are in some sense easier and more precise because Uranus itself is faint in the near infrared and interferes but little with the satellite studies. The near infrared work reveals water ice or frost on the satellite surfaces, perhaps in a very pure state. The satellites are most similar to Ganymede in terms of the strength of the ice bands, but subtle differences, now under study, may be present. The diameters and masses of the satellites, while not readily measurable directly, can be estimated from generalizations about the surface geometric albedos, assumed mean densities, and certain dynamical arguments. Most of the data and theories are consistent with bodies with radii in the range 160-520 km (similar to the larger asteroids) and albedos on the order of 0.5, consistent with ice and snow. The mean densities are probably similar to those of the icy Saturn satellites, about 1.3 3 g/cm . Uranus' satellites probably formed after the event that caused the planet to tilt to the presently observed obliquity.

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Physical properties of the natural satellites

Cited by 102 publications

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The atmospheres of the outer planets

The atmospheres of the outer planets

The Galilean Satellites of Jupiter: Four Worlds

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