3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby
Juan Luis Rizos, Jose Maria Gomez-Limon, Yucel Kilic +51
The paper presents new observations of Jupiter’s irregular moon Kallichore, using Hubble, ground‑based telescopes and stellar occultations to refine its orbit, size, shape and surf…
astro-ph.EP2026
Quantification of Tides in Giant Planets from Observations
Valéry Lainey, Marco Zannoni, Vincent Robert +1
Quantifying tidal effects on giant planets has recently made significant advances, thanks in particular to the Cassini space probe. During its thirteen-year orbit around Saturn, nu…
astro-ph.EP2026
Origin of Hyperion and Saturn's Rings in A Two-Stage Saturnian System Instability
Matija Äuk, Maryame El Moutamid, Jim Fuller +1
The age of the rings and some of the moons of Saturn is an open question, and multiple lines of evidence point to a recent (few hundred Myr ago) cataclysm involving disruption of p…