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- Title
ENCELADUS GEODETIC FRAMEWORK.
- Authors
Oberst, J.; Hussmann, H.; Giese, B.; Sohl, F.; Shoji, D.; Stark, A.; Wickhusen, K.; Wählisch, M.
- Abstract
The small (approximately 500 km in diameter) satellite Enceladus is moving near the equatorial plane and deep in the gravity field of its parent planet Saturn. Owing to tidal interaction with its parent, Enceladus has adopted a pronounced 3-axial ellipsoidal shape and is tidally locked, with rotational and orbital periods of about 1.37 days. As the equator of Saturn is inclined to the planet's orbital plane, Enceladus, like most of the other satellites of Saturn, undergoes pronounced seasons. This paper gives a summary of the current status as well as shortcomings of our current knowledge regarding Enceladus' geodetic and dynamic parameters.
- Subjects
TROPICS; ENCELADUS (Satellite); SATURN (Planet)
- Publication
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences, 2017, Vol 42, Issue 3-W1, p113
- ISSN
1682-1750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-W1-113-2017