Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 30, 1991
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まとめ

海王星の環弧は,月ガラテアとの重力相互作用によって形成されています. この相互作用は,放射的な歪みを引き起こし,弧を閉じ込め,観測された幅と構造を説明します.

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