JWST Reveals the Kuiper Belt-like Compositions of the Uranian Rings and Small Moons

arXiv:2609.31923 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-25 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-25

Terminology

• Aperture — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 4× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 2× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Chaotic Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hubble Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Constraints on the Crystallinity of Water Ice in Planet-forming Disks from Infrared Scattered-Light Spectra

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