The effect of gravitational and pressure torques on Titan's length-of-day variations

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Van Hoolst, T ^a   Rambaux, N ^b,c   Karatekin, Ö ^a   Baland, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Interiors; Rotational dynamics; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449115817     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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