Rotation of a rigid satellite with a fluid component: a new light onto Titan's obliquity

DOI10.1007/S10569-017-9790-8zbMath1379.70042arXiv1709.04623OpenAlexW3106483004MaRDI QIDQ680985

Andy Richard, Nicolas Rambaux, Gwenaël Boué

Publication date: 29 January 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04623

zbMATH Keywords

analytical methodTitanspin-orbit couplingCassini stateIomulti-layered bodysynchronous rotation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free motion of a rigid body (70E15) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05)

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