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Strong tidal energy dissipation in Saturn at Titan's frequency as an explanation for Iapetus orbit
William Polycarpe, Melaine Saillenfest, Valéry Lainey +3
Natural satellite systems present a large variety of orbital configurations in the solar system. While some are clearly the result of known processes, others still have largely une…
Tilting Styx and Nix but not Uranus with a Spin-Precession-Mean-motion resonance
Alice C. Quillen, Yuan-Yuan Chen, Benoit Noyelles +1
A Hamiltonian model is constructed for the spin axis of a planet perturbed by a nearby planet with both planets in orbit about star. We expand the planet-planet gravitational poten…
Obliquity evolution of the minor satellites of Pluto and Charon
Alice C. Quillen, Fiona Nichols-Fleming, Yuan-Yuan Chen +1
New Horizons mission observations show that the small satellites Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra, of the Pluto-Charon system, have not tidally spun-down to near synchronous spin stat…
Interpreting the librations of a synchronous satellite -- How their phase assesses Mimas' global ocean
Benoît Noyelles
Most of the main planetary satellites of our Solar System are expected to be in synchronous rotation, the departures from the strict synchronicity being a signature of the interior…
Dynamical evolution of V-type asteroids in the central main belt
V. Carruba, M. E. Huaman, R. C. Domingos +2
V-type asteroids are associated with basaltic composition, and are supposed to be fragments of crust of differentiated objects. Most V-type asteroids in the main belt are found in…
Dynamical evolution and chronology of the Hygiea asteroid family
V. Carruba, R. C. Domingos, M. E. Huaman +2
The asteroid (10) Hygiea is the fourth largest asteroid of the Main Belt, by volume and mass, and it is the largest member of its own family. Previous works investigated the long-t…