Detecting the tidal dissipation in the Saturnian system

Details Detecting the tidal dissipation in the Saturnian system Detecting the tidal dissipation in the Saturnian system

Jul 2007

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SF2A-2007: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics held in Grenoble, France, July

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We examine the problem of detecting the observational signature of tides in the Saturnian system. We show that, because of energy transfer encouraged by the mean-motion resonances, S-1 Mimas' secular acceleration should be detected by observing S-3 Tethys instead of Mimas itself. We have a similar conclusion for the Enceladus/Dione resonance. We also show that detecting secular accelerations of these satellites will give clues on Saturn's internal dissipation, but very few information on the dissipation inside the satellites.

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