Rotational Dynamics and Internal Structure of Titan

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Oct 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010dps....42.6105b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #42, #61.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.1088

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The gravitational field of Titan is close to that expected for a body in hydrostatic equilibrium, and the spin pole orientation is close to that expected for a fully damped precessional motion, or Cassini state. However, the moments of inertia implied by these observations are quite different. This discrepancy can be resolved if Titan is not precessing as a rigid body, or if the spin pole is not fully damped. Continued monitoring of the spin pole orientation, via Cassini radar images, will eventually resolve which effect, or what combination of them, is responsible.

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