Detecting the tidal dissipation in the Saturnian system
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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SF2A-2007: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- July 2007
- Bibcode:
- 2007sf2a.conf..109N