Saturn – Existence of a Tidal Energy Dissipation

Saturn – Existence of a Tidal Energy Dissipation


By mixing the very old digitized data and the data from space probes, scientists from an international team in which also the Royal Observatory of Belgium takes part showed the existence of a tidal energy dissipation in Saturn larger than expected and have reconciled it with theory by revisiting the interior model of Saturn and by changing the orbit scenarios.

More information (in French) here.