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Table 12

Expected librations and mean obliquity of Mimas in km.

Physical Tidal Latitudinal Mean
N librations librations librations Obliquity

1 1.919 9.877 0.122 0.116
2 1.627 9.585 0.140 0.132
3 1.447 9.406 0.155 0.146
4 1.365 9.324 0.163 0.153
5 1.316 9.275 0.168 0.158
6 1.284 9.242 0.172 0.162
7 1.260 9.219 0.175 0.164

8 1.930 9.888 0.121 0.115
9 1.760 9.718 0.131 0.124
10 1.688 9.647 0.136 0.128
11 1.660 9.618 0.138 0.130
12 1.644 9.603 0.139 0.131
13 1.634 9.592 0.139 0.132
14 1.626 9.585 0.140 0.132

15 1.953 9.912 0.120 0.114
16 1.895 9.853 0.123 0.117
17 1.879 9.837 0.124 0.117
18 1.873 9.832 0.124 0.118
19 1.870 9.829 0.124 0.118
20 1.868 9.827 0.125 0.118
21 1.867 9.825 0.125 0.118

22 2.003 9.961 0.118 0.112

23 1.576 9.534 0.125 0.118

Notes. The mean obliquity ϵ was multiplied by the polar radius c = 190.6 km, while the librations were multiplied by the Saturn-facing radius a = 207.8 km. The case 23 is derived from the shape model.

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