Forced obliquity and moments of inertia of Titan

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Jul 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008icar..196..293b&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 196, Issue 1, p. 293-297.

Physics

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The obliquity of Titan is small, but certainly non-zero, and may be used to place constraints on Titan's internal structure. The measured gravity coefficients of Titan imply that it is non-hydrostatic and thus the normal Darwin Radau approach to determining internal structure cannot be applied. However, if the obliquity is assumed to be tidally damped (that is, in a Cassini state) then combining the obliquity with the measured gravity coefficients allows Titan's moment of inertia to be determined without invoking hydrostatic equilibrium. For polar moment values in the range (0.3

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