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    Discovery of five irregular moons of Neptune

    Each giant planet of the Solar System has two main types of moons. ‘Regular’ moons are typically larger satellites with prograde, nearly circular orbits in the equatorial plane of their host planets at distanc...

    Matthew J. Holman, J. J. Kavelaars, Tommy Grav, Brett J. Gladman… in Nature (2004)

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    Discovery of 12 satellites of Saturn exhibiting orbital clustering

    The giant planets in the Solar System each have two groups of satellites. The regular satellites move along nearly circular orbits in the planet's orbital plane, revolving about it in the same sense as the pla...

    Brett Gladman, J. J. Kavelaars, Matthew Holman, Philip D. Nicholson… in Nature (2001)

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    The red ragged edge

    Small objects in the Kuiper belt - a zone at the very edge of our Solar System - appear to come in two shades. The redder ones may be furthest from the Sun.

    Brian G. Marsden in Nature (2000)

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    Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System

    Brian G. Marsden in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (1999)

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    Discovery of two distant irregular moons of Uranus

    The systems of satellites and rings surrounding the giant planets in the Solar System have remarkably similar architectures1. Closest to each planet are rings with associated moonlets, then larger ‘regular’ satel...

    Brett J. Gladman, Philip D. Nicholson, Joseph A. Burns, JJ Kavelaars… in Nature (1998)

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    A new dynamical class of object in the outer Solar System

    Some three dozen objects have now been discovered1,2,3,4,5 beyond the orbit of Neptune and classified as members of the Kuiper belt—a remnant population of icy planetesimals that failed to be incorporated into pl...

    Jane Luu, Brian G. Marsden, David Jewitt, Chadwick A. Trujillo… in Nature (1997)

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    Coordination of minor planet orbital studies: Past, present and future

    A brief account is given of the coordination of astrometric observations and orbital studies of minor planets, particularly with regard to the role played in the past by the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. The...

    Brian G. Marsden in Celestial mechanics (1985)

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    The Minor Planet Center

    The history and current status of the Minor Planet Center are described, and thoughts are presented on future plans for the Center.

    Brian G. Marsden in Celestial mechanics (1980)