Search Results - "Santos, P. M. Pires dos"
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Gravitational effects of Nix and Hydra in the external region of the Pluto-Charon system
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2011)“…Two new companions to the Pluto-Charon binary system have been detected in 2005 by Weaver et al. These small satellites, named Nix and Hydra, are located…”
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Dynamical capture in the Pluto–Charon system
Published in Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy (01-12-2012)“…This paper explores the possibility that the progenitors of the small satellites of Pluto got captured in the Pluto–Charon system from the massive heliocentric…”
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Analysis of 25 mutual eclipses and occultations between the Galilean satellites observed from Brazil in 2009
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-06-2013)“…The light curves of mutual eclipses and occultations between the natural satellites of a planet allow us to obtain high-precision position and relative motion…”
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Small particles in Pluto's environment: effects of the solar radiation pressure
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-04-2013)“…Impacts of micrometeoroids on the surfaces of the plutonian small satellites Nix and Hydra can generate dust particles. Even in this region so far from the Sun…”
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Dynamical capture in the Pluto-Charon system
Published 02-10-2012“…This paper explores the possibility that the progenitors of the small satellites of Pluto got captured in the Pluto-Charon system from the massive heliocentric…”
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Small particles in Pluto's environment: effects of the solar radiation pressur
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-04-2013)“…Impacts of micrometeoroids on the surfaces of the plutonian small satellites Nix and Hydra can generate dust particles. Even in this region so far from the Sun…”
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Small particles in Pluto's environment: effects of the solar radiation pressure
Published 02-08-2011“…Impacts of micrometeoroids on the surfaces of Nix and Hydra can produced dust particles and form a ring around Pluto. However, dissipative forces, such as the…”
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