Formation of the Satellite Systems of the Major Planets
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Vol. 3 (2) , 172-173
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1323358000015289
Abstract
It is well known that the satellite systems of the major planets Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus share many of the same regular features that can be seen in the planetary system of the Sun. The inner satellite orbits are nearly circular and lie in the plane defined by the axis of rotation of the central body. Again the distances Rn of the regular satellites, numbered inwards to the centre n = 0, 1, 2, …, form a nearly geometric sequenceRn/Rn + 1 ≌ constant,similar to the Titius-Bode law of planetary distances. These facts suggest that the same cosmogonic process must have been responsible for the origin of both types of systems.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Origin of the solar systemEarth, Moon, and Planets, 1978
- Numerical Experiments on Planetesimal Aggregation during the Formation of the Solar SystemPublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 1976