Effect of internal gravitational coupling on Titan's non-synchronous rotation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Karatekin, O ^a   Van Hoolst, T ^a   Tokano, T ^b  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE RELAXATION;

CASSINI; MOMENTUM EXCHANGES; ORBITAL PERIODS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RIGID BODIES; ROTATION RATES; SUBSURFACE OCEANS; SURFACE ROTATIONS; SYNCHRONOUS ROTATIONS; TIME SCALES; VISCOUS RELAXATIONS;

ROTATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COUPLING; GRAVITY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ROTATION; SATURN; TIMESCALE; TITAN; TORQUE;

EID: 56449113914     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034744     Document Type: Article

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