Moonlet
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Another moonlet named Bleriot
A moonlet named Santos-Dumont
A moonlet temporarily named S/2010 S 2
A moonlet, minor moon, minor natural satellite or minor satellite is a particularly small natural satellite orbiting a planet, dwarf planet or other minor planet. Three different types of small moons have been called moonlets:
- A belt of objects embedded in a planetary ring, as in Saturn's A Ring or S/2009 S 1 in the B Ring ("propeller" moonlets)[1][2] or in Saturn's F Ring.[3]
- Occasionally asteroid moons, such as the moons of 87 Sylvia.[4]
- Subsatellites.[5]
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References
- ↑ Matthew S. Tiscareno; et al. (2006). "100-metre-diameter moonlets in Saturn's A ring from observations of 'propeller' structures". Nature. 440 (7084): 648–650. Bibcode:2006Natur.440..648T. PMID 16572165. doi:10.1038/nature04581.
- ↑ Miodrag Sremčević; et al. (2007). "A belt of moonlets in Saturn's A ring". Nature. 449 (7165): 1019–1021. Bibcode:2007Natur.449.1019S. PMID 17960236. doi:10.1038/nature06224.
- ↑ Carl D. Murray; et al. (June 5, 2008). "The determination of the structure of Saturn's F ring by nearby moonlets". Nature. The Science and Technology Facilities Council. 453 (7196): 739–44. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..739M. PMID 18528389. doi:10.1038/nature06999.
- ↑ F. Marchis; et al. (2005). "Discovery of the triple asteroidal system 87 Sylvia". Nature. 436 (7052): 822–4. Bibcode:2005Natur.436..822M. PMID 16094362. doi:10.1038/nature04018.
- ↑ Robert Walker (17 April 2015). "Can Moons Have Moonlets? Or Rings? Moonlets Of Pluto's Moons?". Science 2.0. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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