Paving the Way for Future Space Missions in the Context of High Tidal Dissipation in the Saturnian System
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Sorbonne University
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Lagrange Laboratory
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Ames Research Center
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Delft University of Technology
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Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology
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California Institute of Technology
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University of Oxford
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Southwest Research Institute
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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University of Bologna
Abstract
The recent discovery of strong tidal dissipation in Saturn's interior has radically changed our view of the Saturnian system. While some questions are naturally answered by the new paradigm, others are emerging and require further measurement. This article presents the next key questions to be addressed by future space missions and analysis. Suggestions for space measurements to discriminate between different scenarios concerning the formation, evolution and internal state of the Saturnian system are given.
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Acknowledgement
This paper resulted from the Workshop “New Vision of the Saturnian System in the Context of a Highly Dissipative Saturn” held at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern (Switzerland).
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Dates
- Submitted
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2025-09-04
- Accepted
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2026-02-02
- Available
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2026-02-13Published
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- Caltech groups
- Astronomy Department , TAPIR , Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics , Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA) , Physics Department
- Publication Status
- Published