Gravity field of satellites disintegrating at the Roche limit

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Mar 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990baicz..41...96b&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia, Bulletin (ISSN 0004-6248), vol. 41, no. 2, March 1990, p. 96-103.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Gravitational Fields, Phobos, Planetary Rotation, Roche Limit, Satellite Surfaces, Angular Velocity, Gravitational Constant, Solar System

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The disintegrating process of satellites is assumed to start when the gravitation is balanced by the sum of the tidal and centrifugal forces. Three satellites in the solar system can reach such a state: Phobos, Adrastea, and Metis. The disintegrating process should start at the equatorial zone of the satellite, however, zero-gravity cannot occur at the polar region. The figure parameters of Metis have been estimated for an equilibrium model.

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