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|    Christopher M. Jones to Craig Fink    |
|    Re: So, How big are the tides on Titan?    |
|    17 Jan 05 20:01:30    |
      XPost: sci.space.policy       From: christopher.m.jones@gmail.com              Craig Fink wrote:       > Just wondering how big the tides on Titan might be?       >       > Maybe they're huge?       >       > Low gravity in conjunction with a really big moon called Saturn. After all       > motion is relative. ;-)              Well, they would be. Or, they are, but they don't move much.       Titan is tidally locked to Saturn. However, it does undergo       libration due to a slightly elliptical orbit.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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