Solar System Dynamics

by Carl D. Murray and Stanley F. Dermott

Chapter 4

Tides, Rotation and Shape

1. Structure of the Solar System
2. The Two-Body Problem
3. The Restricted Three-Body Problem
4. TIDES, ROTATION AND SHAPE
   1. Introduction
   2. The tidal bulge
   3. Potential theory
   4. Tidal deformation
   5. Rotational deformation
   6. The Darwin-Radau relation
      • Section 4.6 : notebook
   7. Shapes and internal structures of satellites
      • Figure 4.10 : notebook
   8. The Roche zone
   9. Tidal torques
   10. Satellite tides
       • Radial tide : animation
       • Librational tide : animation
       • Radial and librational tide : animation
   11. Tidal heating of Io
   12. Tides on Titan
   13. Tidal evolution
   14. The double synchronous state
       • Figure 4.19 : notebook
   15. Exercises
       • Answers (PDF)
5. Spin-Orbit Coupling
6. The Disturbing Function
7. Secular Perturbations
8. Resonant Perturbations
9. Chaos and Long-term Evolution
10. Planetary Rings

1. Appendix - Solar System Data
2. Appendix - Expansion of the Disturbing Function
3. References (PDF)

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