Review of Mercury's dynamic magnetosphere: Post-MESSENGER era and comparative magnetospheres

W Sun, RM Dewey, S Aizawa, J Huang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper summarizes the research of Mercury's magnetosphere in the Post-
MESSENGER era and compares its dynamics to those in other planetary magnetospheres …

Report of the IAU working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2015

BA Archinal, CH Acton, MF A'hearn, A Conrad… - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2018 - Springer
This report continues the practice where the IAU Working Group on Cartographic
Coordinates and Rotational Elements revises recommendations regarding those topics for …

Titan as revealed by the Cassini radar

RMC Lopes, SD Wall, C Elachi, SPD Birch… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
Titan was a mostly unknown world prior to the Cassini spacecraft's arrival in July 2004. We
review the major scientific advances made by Cassini's Titan Radar Mapper (RADAR) …

Report of the IAU working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2009

BA Archinal, MF A'Hearn, E Bowell, A Conrad… - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2011 - Springer
Every three years the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational
Elements revises tables giving the directions of the poles of rotation and the prime meridians …

Gravity field, shape, and moment of inertia of Titan

L Iess, NJ Rappaport, RA Jacobson, P Racioppa… - science, 2010 - science.org
Precise radio tracking of the spacecraft Cassini has provided a determination of Titan's mass
and gravity harmonics to degree 3. The quadrupole field is consistent with a hydrostatically …

Titan's gravity field and interior structure after Cassini

D Durante, DJ Hemingway, P Racioppa, L Iess… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
Since its arrival at Saturn in 2004, Cassini performed nine flybys devoted to the
determination of Titan's gravity field and its tidal variations. Here we present an updated …

An asymmetric distribution of lakes on Titan as a possible consequence of orbital forcing

O Aharonson, AG Hayes, JI Lunine, RD Lorenz… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
A set of lakes filled or partially filled with liquid hydrocarbon and empty lake basins have
been discovered in the high latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan 1. These features were mapped …

Tidal heating in icy satellite oceans

EMA Chen, F Nimmo, GA Glatzmaier - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Tidal heating plays a significant role in the evolution of many satellites in the outer Solar
System; however, it is unclear whether tidal dissipation in a global liquid ocean can …

Transient surface liquid in Titan's polar regions from Cassini

AG Hayes, O Aharonson, JI Lunine, RL Kirk, HA Zebker… - Icarus, 2011 - Elsevier
Cassini RADAR images of Titan's south polar region acquired during southern summer
contain lake features which disappear between observations. These features show a tenfold …

Shape, topography, gravity anomalies and tidal deformation of Titan

G Mitri, R Meriggiola, A Hayes, A Lefevre, G Tobie… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Gravity measurements and elevation data from the Cassini mission have been used to
create shape, global topography and gravity anomaly models of Titan that enable an …