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The Tides of Titan by Iess, Luciano, Jacobson, Robert A., Ducci, Marco, Stevenson, David J., Lunine, Jonathan I., Armstrong, John W., Asmar, Sami W., Racioppa, Paolo, Rappaport, Nicole J., Tortora, Paolo

“…We have detected in Cassini spacecraft data the signature of the periodic tidal stresses within Titan, driven by the eccentricity (e = 0.028) of its 16-day…”
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Gravity Field, Shape, and Moment of Inertia of Titan by Iess, Luciano, Rappaport, Nicole J, Jacobson, Robert A, Racioppa, Paolo, Stevenson, David J, Tortora, Paolo, Armstrong, John W, Asmar, Sami W

“…Precise radio tracking of the spacecraft Cassini has provided a determination of Titan's mass and gravity harmonics to degree 3. The quadrupole field is…”
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Radio Science Experiments during a Cruise Phase to Uranus by di Stefano, Ivan, Durante, Daniele, Cappuccio, Paolo, Racioppa, Paolo

“…The exploration of Uranus, a key archetype for ice giant planets and a gateway to understanding distant exoplanets, is acquiring increasing interest in recent…”
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Jupiter's Gravity Field Halfway Through the Juno Mission by Durante, D., Parisi, M., Serra, D., Zannoni, M., Notaro, V., Racioppa, P., Buccino, D. R., Lari, G., Gomez Casajus, L., Iess, L., Folkner, W. M., Tommei, G., Tortora, P., Bolton, S. J.

“…The Juno spacecraft reached the mid‐point of its nominal mission in December 2018, after completing 17 perijove passes. Ten of these were dedicated to the…”
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Augmenting NASA Europa Clipper by a small probe: Europa Tomography Probe (ETP) mission concept by Di Benedetto, Mauro, Imperi, Luigi, Durante, Daniele, Dougherty, Michele, Iess, Luciano, Notaro, Virginia, Racioppa, Paolo

“…The Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to be one of the few bodies in the Solar System able to host habitable environments. Compelling evidence for the…”
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A small spacecraft to probe the interior of the Jovian moon Europa: Europa Tomography Probe (ETP) system design by Notaro, Virginia, Di Benedetto, Mauro, Colasurdo, Guido, Durante, Daniele, Gaudenzi, Paolo, Imperi, Luigi, Mariani, Mirco J., Marotta, Armando, Palermo, Gianluca, Pollice, Luciano, Racioppa, Paolo, Zavoli, Alessandro, Iess, Luciano

“…We propose the system design of a small orbiter of the Jovian moon Europa (Europa Tomography Probe, ETP in short) aimed at unveiling its interior structure…”
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Can Cassini detect a subsurface ocean in Titan from gravity measurements? by Rappaport, Nicole J., Iess, Luciano, Wahr, John, Lunine, Jonathan I., Armstrong, J.W., Asmar, Sami W., Tortora, Paolo, Di Benedetto, Mauro, Racioppa, Paolo

“…Recent models of Titan's interior predict that the satellite contains an ocean of water and ammonia under an icy layer. Direct evidence for the presence of an…”
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Saturn's deep atmospheric flows revealed by the Cassini Grand Finale gravity measurements by Galanti, Eli, Kaspi, Yohai, Miguel, Yamila, Guillot, Tristan, Durante, Daniele, Racioppa, Paolo, Iess, Luciano

“…Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 How deep do Saturn's zonal winds penetrate below the cloud-level has been a decades-long question, with important…”
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