TABLE 3 | CITED IN TEXT | ASCII | TYPESET IMAGE Go to: TABLE 2 | TABLE 4 |
Saturnian System Gravity Field |
Parameter | Null et al. (1981) | Campbell & Anderson (1989) | Jacobson (2004) | This Paper |
GMSun/GMsys... | 3498.09 ± 0.22 | 3497.898 ± 0.018 | 3497.893 ± 0.005 | 3497.9018 ± 0.0001 |
GM (km3 s-2)... | | | | |
System... | 37938544.0 ± 2400.0 | 37940630.0 ± 200.0 | 37940672.0 ± 59.0 | 37940585.2 ± 1.1 |
Saturn... | 37929085.0 ± 2400.0 | 37931272.0 ± 200.0 | 37931284.0 ± 57.0 | 37931207.7 ± 1.1 |
Mimas... | 2.50 ± 0.06a | 2.50 ± 0.06a | 2.55 ± 0.05 | 2.5023 ± 0.0020 |
Enceladus... | 4.9 ± 2.4b | 4.9 ± 2.4b | 6.9 ± 1.5 | 7.2096 ± 0.0067 |
Tethys... | 41.5 ± 0.8a | 45.0 ± 10.0 | 41.21 ± 0.08 | 41.2097 ± 0.0063 |
Dione... | 70.2 ± 2.2b | 70.2 ± 2.2b | 73.12 ± 0.02 | 73.1127 ± 0.0025 |
Rhea... | 151.0 ± 34.0 | 154.0 ± 4.0 | 155.0 ± 5.0 | 153.9416 ± 0.0049 |
Titan... | 9059.0 ± 114.0 | 8978.2 ± 1.0 | 8978.1 ± 0.8 | 8978.1356 ± 0.0039 |
Hyperion... | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.72 ± 0.35 | 0.3727 ± 0.0045 |
Iapetus... | 129.0 ± 49.0 | 106.0 ± 10.0 | 130.0 ± 17.0 | 120.5117 ± 0.0173 |
Phoebe... | ... | ... | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.5534 ± 0.0006 |
J2(×106)... | 16299.0 ± 18.0 | 16298.0 ± 10.0 | 16292.0 ± 7.0 | 16290.71 ± 0.27 |
J4(×106)... | -916.0 ± 38.0 | -915.0 ± 40.0 | -931.0 ± 31.0 | -935.83 ± 2.77 |
J6(×106)... | 81.0 | 103.0 ± 50.0 | 91.0 ± 31.0 | 86.14 ± 9.64 |
J8(×106)... | ... | -10.0c | -10.0c | -10.0c |
p (deg)... | 40.6076 ± 0.0230a | 40.580 ± 0.016d | 40.5955 ± 0.0036e | 40.58279 ± 0.00201f |
p (deg)... | 83.5219 ± 0.0036a | 83.540 ± 0.002d | 83.5381 ± 0.0002e | 83.53763 ± 0.00021f |
p (deg century-1)... | ... | ... | -0.04229g | -0.04229g |
p (deg century-1)... | ... | ... | -0.00444g | -0.00444g |
NOTE.—Reference radius for the gravitational harmonics: 60,330 km.
a Adopted from Kozai (1957).
b Adopted from Kozai (1976).
c Theoretical estimate used by Nicholson & Porco (1988).
d Adopted from Simpson et al. (1983).
e At epoch 1980 November 12, 23:46:32, from French et al. (1993).
f At epoch 2000 January 1, 12:00:00.
g Derived from the precession rate of Nicholson et al. (1999).