The shape of Tethys

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Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...94..391t&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 94, Dec. 1991, p. 391-398.

Physics

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Satellite Surfaces, Surface Geometry, Tethys, Gravitational Effects, Planetary Mass, Satellite Observation, Voyager Project

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After considering the most important relationships between density, rotation rate, shape, and internal structure on the basis of equilibrium figures, the shape of the Saturn satellite Tethys is established from limb-coordinate data. Attention is given to the shape's significance for Tethys' internal structure. It is alternatively concluded that Tethys is either differentiated, and possesses a small rocky core, or has been interpreted as possessing a mass that is too low by about 15 percent.

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