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For gaseous or fluid bodies, such as stars and giant planets, the period of rotation varies from the object's equator to its pole due to a phenomenon called differential rotation. Typically, the stated rotation period for a giant planet (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) is its internal rotation period, as determined from the rotation ...
(455502) 2003 UZ 413 (provisional designation 2003 UZ 413) is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with an absolute magnitude of 4.38. [5] It is in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Neptune, thus it is classified as a plutino. [3] There are indications it may be dense enough to be a dwarf planet. It was given the minor planet number 455502 on 22 February ...
The 3:4, 3:5, 4:7 and 2:5 resonances are less populated. [150] Neptune has a number of known trojan objects occupying both the Sun–Neptune L 4 and L 5 Lagrangian points—gravitationally stable regions leading and trailing Neptune in its orbit, respectively. [151] Neptune trojans can be viewed as being in a 1:1 resonance with Neptune.
Another common form of resonance in the Solar System is spin–orbit resonance, where the rotation period (the time it takes the planet or moon to rotate once about its axis) has a simple numerical relationship with its orbital period. An example is the Moon, which is in a 1:1 spin–orbit resonance that keeps its far side away from
The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the sun at one of the two foci. Kepler's first law placing the Sun at one of the foci of an elliptical orbit Heliocentric coordinate system (r, θ) for ellipse. Also shown are: semi-major axis a, semi-minor axis b and semi-latus rectum p; center of ellipse and its two foci marked by
Venus rotates clockwise, and Uranus has been knocked on its side and rotates almost perpendicular to the rest of the Solar System. The ecliptic remains within 3° of the invariable plane over five million years, [2] but is now inclined about 23.44° to Earth's celestial equator used for the coordinates of poles. This large inclination means ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urgently warning consumers against using Neptune’s Fix — a pain supplement also known as “gas station heroin.” These supplements contain ...
In astronomy, a resonant trans-Neptunian object is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) in mean-motion orbital resonance with Neptune.The orbital periods of the resonant objects are in a simple integer relations with the period of Neptune, e.g. 1:2, 2:3, etc. Resonant TNOs can be either part of the main Kuiper belt population, or the more distant scattered disc population.