Angular Momentum and Tidal Evolution of Saturn's System
Abstract
It has been demonstrated that dynamically the Saturnian system is analogous to the Jovian system; however, it is not an analogue of the Solar system as a whole. The departures in the figure parameters of the tri-axial Saturnian satellites orbiting in 1 : 1 resonance, from equilibrium figure parameters are not large in general, and the tidal and centrifugal distorting forces can be supposed to be responsible for the actual figures. The estimates for different dynamical parameters of the system support the hypothesis that the tri-axial satellites in 1 : 1 resonance were formed from the same protoplanetary nebula that gave rise to Saturn.
- Publication:
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Earth Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- September 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00056322
- Bibcode:
- 1991EM&P...54..241B
- Keywords:
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- Angular Momentum;
- Satellite Rotation;
- Saturn (Planet);
- Saturn Satellites;
- Tides;
- Angular Velocity;
- Centrifugal Force;
- Friction;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Momentum Transfer;
- Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics);
- Planetary Nebulae;
- Solar System;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration