Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005cemda..93..101h&link_type=abstract
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 93, Issue 1-4, pp. 101-112
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Europa, Natural Satellite, Oblateness Of The Planet, Synchronous Rotation, Third Body Perturbations
Scientific paper
In a previous paper (The Rotation of Europa, Henrard, Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astr., 91, 131 149, 2005) we have developed a semi-analytical theory of Europa, one of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. It is based on a synthetic theory of the orbit of Europa and is developed in the framework of Hamiltonian formalism. It was assumed that Europa is a rigid body and Jupiter a point mass. Several additional effects should be investigated in order to complete the theory. The present contribution considers the effect of the shape of Jupiter and of the gravitational pull of Io. The sensitivity of the main theory to a change in the values of the moments of inertia of Europa is also considered.
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