Authors: Thomas P. C. and Dermott S. F.
Year: 1991
Title: The shape of Tethys
Journal: Icarus
Volume: 94
Pages: 391-398
Keywords: Saturn, major, Tethys, planetology
Abstract: After considering the most important relationships between density, rotation rate, shape, and internal structure on the basis of equilibrium figures, the shape of the Saturn satellite Tethys is established from limb-coordinate data. Attention is given to the shape's significance for Tethys' internal structure. It is alternatively concluded that Tethys is either differentiated, and possesses a small rocky core, or has been interpreted as possessing a mass that is too low by about 15 percent.
%F: AA(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) AB(Florida, University, Gainesville)
Bibliogaphic Code: 1991Icar...94..391T
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