Commensurabilities of satellites' apsidal precession periods

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Feb 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975mnras.170..295g&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 170, Feb. 1975, p. 295-303.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Apsides, Libration, Natural Satellites, Precession, Saturn (Planet), Uranus (Planet), Orbit Perturbation, Orbital Elements, Satellite Orbits, Titan, Uranus Satellites

Scientific paper

The orientation of the major axis of Saturn's satellite Rhea librates about alignment with Titan's major axis. This behavior is a result of Titan's gravitational influence on Rhea. Similar effects may be important in the Uranian satellite system if they are enhanced by commensurabilities of apsidal precession periods. Extensive observations will be required if this possibility is to be confirmed. The effects of possible stable alignments have not been included in past analyses of the motions of Uranus' satellites, so the results of those studies should be accepted only tentatively.

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