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Titan's rotation reveals an internal ocean and changing zonal winds.

Ralph D Lorenz1, Bryan W Stiles, Randolph L Kirk, Michael D Allison, Paolo Persi Del Marmo, Luciano Iess, Jonathan I Lunine, Steven J Ostro, Scott Hensley.   

Abstract

Cassini radar observations of Saturn's moon Titan over several years show that its rotational period is changing and is different from its orbital period. The present-day rotation period difference from synchronous spin leads to a shift of approximately 0.36 degrees per year in apparent longitude and is consistent with seasonal exchange of angular momentum between the surface and Titan's dense superrotating atmosphere, but only if Titan's crust is decoupled from the core by an internal water ocean like that on Europa.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18356521     DOI: 10.1126/science.1151639

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN: 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  6 in total

1.  The preparation and structure of salty ice VII under pressure.

Authors:  Stefan Klotz; Livia E Bove; Thierry Strässle; Thomas C Hansen; Antonino M Saitta
Journal:  Nat Mater       Date:  2009-04-06       Impact factor: 43.841

2.  Seeding life on the moons of the outer planets via lithopanspermia.

Authors:  R J Worth; Steinn Sigurdsson; Christopher H House
Journal:  Astrobiology       Date:  2013-12-05       Impact factor: 4.335

Review 3.  Formation, habitability, and detection of extrasolar moons.

Authors:  René Heller; Darren Williams; David Kipping; Mary Anne Limbach; Edwin Turner; Richard Greenberg; Takanori Sasaki; Emeline Bolmont; Olivier Grasset; Karen Lewis; Rory Barnes; Jorge I Zuluaga
Journal:  Astrobiology       Date:  2014-08-22       Impact factor: 4.335

4.  Rate constant calculations of the C2 + HCN → CCCN+H addition via the Master Equation.

Authors:  Washington Barbosa da Silva; Alessandra F Albernaz; Patricia R P Barreto; Eberth Correa
Journal:  J Mol Model       Date:  2017-03-31       Impact factor: 1.810

5.  The UK Centre for Astrobiology: A Virtual Astrobiology Centre. Accomplishments and Lessons Learned, 2011-2016.

Authors:  Charles S Cockell; Beth Biller; Casey Bryce; Claire Cousins; Susana Direito; Duncan Forgan; Mark Fox-Powell; Jesse Harrison; Hanna Landenmark; Sophie Nixon; Samuel J Payler; Ken Rice; Toby Samuels; Petra Schwendner; Adam Stevens; Natasha Nicholson; Jennifer Wadsworth
Journal:  Astrobiology       Date:  2018-01-29       Impact factor: 4.335

6.  The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds.

Authors:  Amanda R Hendrix; Terry A Hurford; Laura M Barge; Michael T Bland; Jeff S Bowman; William Brinckerhoff; Bonnie J Buratti; Morgan L Cable; Julie Castillo-Rogez; Geoffrey C Collins; Serina Diniega; Christopher R German; Alexander G Hayes; Tori Hoehler; Sona Hosseini; Carly J A Howett; Alfred S McEwen; Catherine D Neish; Marc Neveu; Tom A Nordheim; G Wesley Patterson; D Alex Patthoff; Cynthia Phillips; Alyssa Rhoden; Britney E Schmidt; Kelsi N Singer; Jason M Soderblom; Steven D Vance
Journal:  Astrobiology       Date:  2018-10-13       Impact factor: 4.335

  6 in total

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