Loss of a satellite could explain Saturn’s obliquity and young rings

Loss of a satellite could explain Saturn’s obliquity and young rings

<jats:p>The origin of Saturn’s ~26.7° obliquity and ~100-million-year-old rings is unknown. The observed rapid outward migration of Saturn’s largest satellite, Titan, could have raised Saturn’s obliquity through a spin-orbit precession resonance with Neptune. We use Cassini data to refine esti...

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Main Authors: Wisdom, Jack, Dbouk, Rola, Militzer, Burkhard, Hubbard, William B, Nimmo, Francis, Downey, Brynna G, French, Richard G
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148216

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