Forced obliquity and moments of inertia of Titan

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 293-297

  Bills, Bruce G ^a,b   Nimmo, Francis ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rotational dynamics; Tides; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149109099     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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