The Gravity Field of the Saturnian System from Satellite Observations and Spacecraft Tracking Data

By R. A. Jacobson, P. Antreasian, J. Bordi, K. Criddle, R. Ionasescu, J. B. Jones, R. Mackenzie, M. C. Meek, D. W. Parcher, F. Pelletier and 4 more. 2006

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Shapes of the saturnian icy satellites and their significance (2007, unknown): “…12.9 ± 1.9 14.7 0.28 ± 0.20 0.24 0.5 Dione 561.7 ± 0.9 1476±7 3.5 ± 1.2 4.9 0.20 ± 0.37 0.25 0.2 Rhea 764.3 ± 2.2 1233±11 4.1 ± 2.1 2.9 −0.15 ± 0.35 0.25 1.6 Iapetus 735.6 ± 3.0 1083±13 35.0 ± 3.7 0.01 n/a 0.25 n/a Note. ρ, mean density, determined from masses reported in Jacobson et al. (2006).”
The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background (2018, methodology): “To derive them, we constrain the outer-planet masses using the current IAU best estimates (IAU 2017; Jacobson et al. 2000; Jacobson et al. 2006; Jacobson 2014, 2009), and use IAU uncertainties to set Gaussian priors.”
Microarcsecond Radio Astrometry (2013, methodology): “The Cassini satellite itself was used to trace the gravity field of Saturn, and Jacobson et al. (2006) combined VLBI data with optical observations and Doppler ranging to better constrain the mass and potential of the Saturnian system.”
Tidal heating in icy satellite oceans (2014, background): “(2009) and Jacobson et al. (2006) for the saturnian satellites, Thomas (1988) and Jacobson et al.”
The IAU 2009 system of astronomical constants: the report of the IAU working group on numerical standards for Fundamental Astronomy (2011, unknown): “Ratio of the mass of the Sun to Saturn, MS/MSa The value for the ratio of the mass of the Sun to the mass of Saturn, MS/MSa, is taken from Jacobson et al. (2006).”
Enceladus: Present internal structure and differentiation by early and long-term radiogenic heating (2007, methodology): “The most accurate value of GM was obtained later by a similar numerical integration of the saturnian system, but with additional data from the Cassini mission for a GM determination of 2.5023 ± 0.0020 km3 s−2 (Jacobson et al., 2006).”
INTERIOR MODELS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE (2010, methodology): “The observed gravitational coefficients J2, J4 correspond to the arbitrary reference equatorial radii Rref of 26,200 km and 25,225 km for Uranus and Neptune, respectively (Jacobson et al. 2006; Table 1).”
The Planetary and Lunar Ephemeris DE 421 (2009, unknown): “[10] R.”
Precession of Mercury’s Perihelion from Ranging to the MESSENGER Spacecraft (2017, methodology): “The mass parameters and uncertainties of the planets were taken from aseparate analysis of radio tracking data of orbiting spacecraft (Konopliv et al. 1999, 2011; Jacobson et al. 2000, 2006).”
Iapetus’ geophysics : rotation rate, shape, and equatorial ridge (2007, background): “, 2006) has shown that the onset of convection in a volumetrically-heated fluid cooled from above can be estimated using the predictions for a hot fluid as described by Korenaga and Jordan (2003). Convection starts once the internal viscosity, which is strongly temperature-dependent, reaches the cri”