Authors: Thomas P. C.
Year: 1988
Title: Radii, shapes, and topography of the satellites of Uranus from limb coordinates
Journal: Icarus
Volume: 73
Pages: 427-441
Keywords: Uranus, major, planetology
Abstract: The present use of limb coordinates to ascertain radii, shape and local topographic characteristics for the five large Uranian satellites directly measured satellite ellipsoidal shapes, determining radii with subpixel accuracy. While Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon are spherical, Miranda and Ariel are noted to be ellipsoids whose equatorial bulges agree with previously determined mean densities. Miranda's topography exhibits substantial deformation of cratered terrain and the younger coronae, as well as uplift and complex faulting at coronae margins.
%F: AA(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
Bibliogaphic Code: 1988Icar...73..427T
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