• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/752/1/14
Corpus ID: 119282486

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={V. Lainey and O. Karatekin and J. Desmars and S. Charnoz and J. Arlot and N. Emelyanov and C. L. Poncin-lafitte and S. Mathis and F. Remus and G. Tobie and J. Zahn},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2012},
  volume={752},
  pages={14}
}

• V. Lainey, O. Karatekin, +8 authors J. Zahn
• Published 2012
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal

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… Expand