Paving the Way for Future Space Missions in the Context of High Tidal Dissipation in the Saturnian System
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.
Authors
- Marco Zannoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-9656)
- A. Crida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1293-9782)
- Jeffrey N. Cuzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0553-1436)
- Kelly E. Miller
- Matija Ćuk
- Gianrico Filacchione
- Dominic Dirkx
- Nicolas Rambaux
- Francis Nimmo
- James Fuller
Institutions
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Ames Research Center (US)
- Southwest Research Institute (US)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Université de Lille (FR)
- Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IT)
- Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (FR)
- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (US)
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Space Science Reviews
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-026-01275-w
- Primary Topic
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00