Fraternité arc

E506472

Fraternité arc is a prominent, dense arc segment within Neptune’s Adams ring, notable for its unusual confinement and brightness compared to the rest of the ring.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fraternité arc canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neptunian ring feature ⓘ
planetary ring arc ⓘ
belongsToCategory Neptune rings ⓘ
planetary ring structures ⓘ
coexistsWith Courage arc ⓘ
Liberté arc ⓘ
Égalité arc ⓘ
discoveredBy Voyager 2 imaging team ⓘ
Voyager 2 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Voyager 2
dynamicallyInfluencedBy Galatea (Neptune moon) ⓘ
hasAngularExtent tens of degrees in longitude (approximate) ⓘ
hasBrightness higher than average Adams ring brightness ⓘ
hasComposition icy ring particles ⓘ
micrometer-sized dust ⓘ
hasDiscoveryContext Voyager 2 1989 Neptune flyby ⓘ
linked to: Voyager 2
hasEnvironment low-temperature outer solar system ⓘ
hasNameOrigin French word for fraternity ⓘ
hasNameTheme French revolutionary motto "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" ⓘ
hasOpticalDepth higher than surrounding Adams ring ⓘ
hasOrbitalBody central body Neptune ⓘ
hasOrbitalDirection prograde around Neptune ⓘ
hasProperty azimuthally localized ⓘ
bright ⓘ
confined ⓘ
dense ⓘ
hasScientificInterest example of resonant ring structure ⓘ
tests theories of ring arc confinement ⓘ
hasStability long-lived on decadal timescales ⓘ
isNotableFor high relative brightness ⓘ
unusual confinement compared to rest of Adams ring ⓘ
isObservedBy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
ground-based telescopes with adaptive optics ⓘ
isOneOf Adams ring arcs ⓘ
Neptune ring arcs ⓘ
isPartOf Neptune’s outer ring system ⓘ
isSegmentOf Adams ring ⓘ
locatedIn Neptune ring system ⓘ
outermost Adams ring of Neptune ⓘ
maintainedBy gravitational resonances with Galatea ⓘ
orbits Neptune ⓘ
orbitsAt approximately 63,000 km from Neptune’s center ⓘ
near 2:1 corotation resonance with Galatea ⓘ
partOf Adams ring ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adams ring → hasArc → Fraternité arc ⓘ