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A Search for Distant Satellites of Neptune
Michael J.I. Brown 
and Rachel L. Webster
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 3052
mbrown@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Abstract:
The recent discovery of two distant satellites of Uranus suggests that there could be similar bodies orbiting Neptune. Previous surveys for distant satellites of Neptune have had relatively bright magnitude limits (
) and would have missed satellites with magnitudes and colours similar to the 2 recently discovered Uranian satellites (
and 
). We have searched for satellites of Neptune to a limiting magnitude of 
in a 
region centred on the planet. This search is up to 
magnitudes deeper than the previous wide field search for distant satellites by the UK Schmidt Telescope. Nereid was easily recovered by the search and no large variations of its magnitude were detected.
Keywords: planets and satellites: Neptune, Nereid
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