Nereid as a Regular Satellite of Neptune

arXiv:2606.02818 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-06-01 · Read on arXiv

Matthew Belyakov, M. Ryleigh Davis, Ian Wong, Konstantin Batygin, Michael E. Brown

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-06-01

Comments: This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science Advances on May 20, 2026

Journal ref: Science Advances 12 (2026), 21

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aeb1429

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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