STRONG TIDAL DISSIPATION IN SATURN AND CONSTRAINTS ON ENCELADUS' THERMAL STATE FROM ASTROMETRY
@article{Lainey2012STRONGTD, title={STRONG TIDAL DISSIPATION IN SATURN AND CONSTRAINTS ON ENCELADUS' THERMAL STATE FROM ASTROMETRY}, author={Val{\'e}ry Lainey and Ozgur Karatekin and Josselin Desmars and S{\'e}bastien Charnoz and J. -E. Arlot and Nikolay Emelyanov and Christophe Le Poncin-lafitte and S. Mathis and Françoise Remus and Gabriel Tobie and J-P. Zahn}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2012}, volume={752}, pages={14} }
Tidal interactions between Saturn and its satellites play a crucial role in both the orbital migration of the satellites and the heating of their interiors. Therefore, constraining the tidal dissipation of Saturn (here the ratio k2/Q) opens the door to the past evolution of the whole system. If Saturn’s tidal ratio can be determined at different frequencies, it may also be possible to constrain the giant planet’s interior structure, which is still uncertain. Here, we try to determine Saturn’s…
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