Sentence examples for planetary satellites of from inspiring English sources

In 1911, Indian astronomer Venkatesh P. Ketakar suggested the existence of two trans-Neptunian planets, which he named Brahma and Vishnu, by reworking the patterns observed by Pierre-Simon Laplace in the planetary satellites of Jupiter and applying them to the outer planets.

It was discovered telescopically in 1655 by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens the first planetary satellite to be discovered after the four Galilean moons of Jupiter.

It was the last planetary satellite to be discovered by direct visual observation (as opposed to photographically) and was the first new satellite of Jupiter since Galileo Galilei's discovery of the Galilean satellites in 1610.

It also has the highest mass of all planetary satellites, with 2.02 times the mass of the Earth's moon.

His model does not account for planets moving around the Sun in the same direction and in the same plane, as they are observed to do, nor does it explain the revolution of planetary satellites.

The dynamics of orbits around planetary satellites, taking into account the gravitational attraction of a third-body and the non-uniform distribution of mass of the planetary satellite, is studied.

The origin of the planetary satellites is not entirely settled.

Most planetary satellites in our solar system orbit within the equatorial plane of their mother planet.

Such dark surfaces are also seen on some of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, leading scientists to wonder if there are connections between the planetary satellites and comets.

Over time these processes act to modify the chemical and physical surface properties of airless bodies such as Mercury, the Moon and some other planetary satellites, and asteroids and comets.

He has edited two books, Planetary Satellites (1977) andSatellites (1986).