The origin of the eccentricities of the rings of Uranus

• 1 February 1981
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 243, 1062-1075
• https://doi.org/10.1086/158671

Abstract

Keywords

• ECCENTRIC ORBITS, ORBIT PERTURBATION, PLANETARY GRAVITATION, SATELLITE ORBITS, URANUS RINGS, CIRCULAR ORBITS, PARTICLE MOTION, PLANETARY EVOLUTION, RESONANCE LINES
• URANUS, RINGS, ECCENTRICITY, ORIGIN, GRAVITY EFFECTS, PERTURBATIONS, SATELLITES, RESONANCE, COROTATION, SATURATION, ORBITS, DAMPING, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, ELLIPTICITY, PARTICLES, COLLISIONS, EVOLUTION, E RING, TORQUES