Coupling between the spin precession and polar motion of a synchronously rotating satellite: application to Titan

DOI10.1007/S10569-019-9888-2zbMath1451.70039OpenAlexW2915918043MaRDI QIDQ2005602

Tim Van Hoolst, Rose-Marie Baland, Alexis Coyette

Publication date: 8 October 2020

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-019-9888-2

zbMATH Keywords

polar motionTitanprecessionCassini stateangular momentum formalisminternal ocean

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orbital mechanics (70M20)

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