Gravitational pull figure (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Gravitational pull figure

Caption

This illustration shows the various ways Titan might respond to Saturn’s gravitational pull depending on its interior structure. Only the slushy interior produced the bulge and lag observed in the new study.

Credit

Baptiste Journaux and Flavio Petricca

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License

CC BY

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