A note on the tidally induced potential of a satellite in eccentric orbit

Details A note on the tidally induced potential of a satellite in eccentric orbit A note on the tidally induced potential of a satellite in eccentric orbit

Jan 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004icar..167..228g&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 167, Issue 1, p. 228-230.

Physics

General, Solid Body, Titan, Mercury

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A planetary body moving on an eccentric orbit around the primary is subject to a periodic perturbing potential, affecting its internal mass distribution. In a previous paper (Rappaport et al., 1997, Icarus 126, 313), we have calculated the periodic modulation of the gravity coefficients of degree 2, for a body on a synchronous orbit. Here, the previous analysis is extended by considering also non-synchronous orbits, and by properly accounting for the apparent motion of the primary due to the non uniform motion along the elliptical orbit. The cases of Titan and Mercury are briefly discussed.

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