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The Motion of a Newly Discovered Satellite of Saturn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

K. Robin McLean
K. Robin McLean*
Affiliation:
School of Education, The University, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
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The Voyager missions to Saturn in November 1980 and August 1981 produced a wealth of new information and many spectacular pictures. Naturally attention focused on the physical structure of the planet and its major satellites and on the intricate fine structure of its rings. In the course of both missions many less spectacular observations were made, including the study of a number of small satellites. One of these tiny moons, Dione B (also known as S12), whose discovery from Earth was confirmed by Voyager 1, is the subject of this article.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 66 , Issue 437 , October 1982 , pp. 189 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1982

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