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Table 3

Parameters used to explore the validity of the 42:43 CER and CIR models: Neptune’s physical properties from Jacobson (2009) and the orbital inclination and eccentricity of Galatea derived by Showalter et al. (2019).

Neptune’s properties
GM 6 835 099.5 km3 s−2
R 25 225 km
J2 3408.43 × 10−6
J4 − 33.40 × 10−6

Galatea’s orbital elements and mass

i (°) 0.0231 ± 0.0091
e 0.00022 ± 0.00008
mG (2.12 ± 0.08) × 1018 kg

Notes. Galatea’s mass is that derived in Porco (1991).

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