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P. Racioppa
Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome
Publications - 23
Citations - 1284
P. Racioppa is an academic researcher from Sapienza University of Rome. The author has contributed to research in topics: Titan (rocket family) & Love number. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1055 citations.
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The tides of Titan.
Luciano Iess,Robert A. Jacobson,M. Ducci,David J. Stevenson,Jonathan I. Lunine,John W. Armstrong,S. W. Asmar,P. Racioppa,Nicole J. Rappaport,Paolo Tortora +9 more
TL;DR: Gravity data from six flybys of Saturn's moon, Titan, by the Cassini spacecraft suggest that Titan's interior is flexible on tidal time scales with the magnitude of the observed tidal deformations being consistent with the existence of a global subsurface water ocean.
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Gravity Field, Shape, and Moment of Inertia of Titan
Luciano Iess,Nicole J. Rappaport,Robert A. Jacobson,P. Racioppa,David J. Stevenson,Paolo Tortora,John W. Armstrong,S. W. Asmar +7 more
TL;DR: Gravity data from four flybys of the Cassini spacecraft past Saturn's moon, Titan, is used to model the moon's gravity field and probe its deep interior structure, implying that Titan is a partially differentiated body with a core consisting of a mix of ice and rock or hydrated silicates.
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Measurement and implications of Saturn's gravity field and ring mass.
Luciano Iess,Burkhard Militzer,Yohai Kaspi,P. D. Nicholson,Daniele Durante,P. Racioppa,A. Anabtawi,Eli Galanti,William B. Hubbard,Mirco Junior Mariani,Paolo Tortora,S. M. Wahl,Marco Zannoni +12 more
TL;DR: The results show that Saturn's rings are substantially younger than the planet itself and constrain models of their origin, and five small moons located in and around the rings are presented, confirming that the flows are very deep and likely extend down to the levels where magneticipation occurs.
The Tides of Titan
Luciano Iess,Robert A. Jacobson,M. Ducci,David J. Stevenson,Jonathan I. Lunine,John W. Armstrong,S. W. Asmar,P. Racioppa,Nicole J. Rappaport,Paolo Tortora +9 more
TL;DR: The signature of the periodic tidal stresses within Titan, driven by the eccentricity (e = 0.028) of its 16-day orbit around Saturn, was detected in Cassini spacecraft data.
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Measurement of Jupiter’s asymmetric gravity field
Luciano Iess,W. M. Folkner,Daniele Durante,Marzia Parisi,Yohai Kaspi,Eli Galanti,Tristan Guillot,William B. Hubbard,D. J. Stevenson,John D. Anderson,Dustin Buccino,L. Gomez Casajus,Andrea Milani,Ryan S. Park,P. Racioppa,Daniele Serra,Paolo Tortora,Marco Zannoni,Hao Cao,Ravit Helled,Jonathan I. Lunine,Yamila Miguel,Burkhard Militzer,S. M. Wahl,John E. P. Connerney,Steven Levin,Scott Bolton +26 more
TL;DR: Measurements of Jupiter’s gravity harmonics are reported through precise Doppler tracking of the Juno spacecraft in its polar orbit around Jupiter, finding a north–south asymmetry, which is a signature of atmospheric and interior flows.