Tucson / Castellan / New York / Washington / DC / L. A. / /
Company
Dell / Jupiter / Uranus / McGraw-Hill / Neptune / Pearson / Astronomy Inc. / Saturn / MIT Lincoln Laboratory / Jovvian Systems / /
Country
Japan / /
Currency
BRL / pence / USD / / /
Facility
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / Gemini Observatory / Jan Kleyna Institute / University of Hawaii / /
IndustryTerm
satellite groups / gas drag / irregular-satellite populations / likely products / prograde / helium gas giants / irregular satellite / gas giant planets / power-law indices / regular satellite / prograde irregular satellite / deep imaging survey / smallest known irregular-satellite systems / satellite capture / satellite survey / satellite system / irregular-satellite system / irregular-satellite systems / irregular-satellite size distribution / regular-satellite system / irregular prograde satellite / ice giant / energy dissipation / differential power-law radius distribution / similar irregular-satellite systems / large retrograde satellite / orbital energy dissipation / inverse square law / satellite populations / collisional processing / less gas / power law / Satellite confirmation astrometry / gas giant / power-law size distribution / prograde groups / /
NaturalFeature
Mauna Kea / /
Organization
Association of Universities for Research / Carnegie Institution of Washington / National Science Foundation / MIT / Association of Universities / S. Sheppard / 3 David Jewitt / and Jan Kleyna Institute for Astronomy / University of Hawaii / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Department of Terrestrial Magnetism / American Astronomical Society / /
Person
Brian Marsden / Richard Wainscoat / Petit / Stevenson / Bob Jacobson / Kessler / / /
Position
D. J. / mp / staff astronomer / G. P. / 2J2r 2p a3p mp / /
The Astronomical Journal, 129:518–525, 2005 January # 2005. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.