Journal
ICARUS
Volume 214, Issue 1, Pages 351-355Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.028
Keywords
Rotational dynamics
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- Outer Planets Research Program
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Estimates of the moments of inertia of Titan, as separately deduced from its gravitational field and spin pole orientation, are quite different. This discrepancy can be resolved if Titan is either not precessing as a rigid body (e.g. if the shell is decoupled from the interior by an ocean), or if the spin pole is not fully damped (e.g. due to atmospheric excitation). By the end of the Cassini mission, continued monitoring of the changing spin pole orientation, by Cassini radar observations, will determine which effect dominates. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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