Sizes, shapes, and derived properties of the saturnian satellites after the Cassini nominal mission

By P. Thomas. 2010

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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• Gravity and Topography of the Terrestrial Planets (2015, background): “…Tethys (Thomas et al., 2007), Dione (Thomas et al., 2007), Rhea (Thomas et al., 2007), and many of the irregularly shaped satellites of Saturn (Thomas, 2010)) and the longest wavelength gravitational fields and topography have been constrained for others (such as Io (Anderson et al., 2001a;…”
• Accretion of Saturn's mid-sized moons during the viscous spreading of young massive rings: Solving the paradox of silicate-poor rings versus silicate-rich moons (2011, background): “Shape data suggest that these moons still present a central concentration of material (Thomas et al., 2007; Thomas, 2010) characteristic of a partially differentiated structure, or, alternatively, of an internal gradient in porosity (e.g., Eluszkiewicz and LeliwaKopystynski, 1989).”
• Enceladus: An Active Ice World in the Saturn System (2013, background): “The bulk density of Enceladus is 1,609 ± 5 kg m−3 (Thomas 2010), suggesting a roughly 60:40 rock:ice mixture by mass (Schubert et al. 2007).”
• Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009 (2011, background): “W0 has been derived from W = 333.14◦ at the UTC epoch 2003-12-28T10:51:59 (Thomas 2010, private communication).”
• Enceladus's measured physical libration requires a global subsurface ocean (2015, methodology): “amplitude depends only on the satellite’s equatorial dimensions as Σ= a2−b2 a2+b2 , (3) where Enceladus’s triaxial half-dimensions are a = 256.2 km, b = 251.4 km, c = 248.6 km (slightly improved from Thomas (2010) by including additional data; see Appendix A). InEqn. (3)! the! numerator! is! proport”