Talk:Atlas (moon)

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The adjectival form of Atlas is Atlantean (at'-lan-tee'-un), per the OED. kwami 08:26, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

[edit] Rotation

The article says it is synchronous. Is this known or assumed? Deuar 21:32, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mass

According to Spitale et al., THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 132:692-710, 2006 August, the GM product for Atlas is 0.44\pm 0.04~{\rm km}^3{\rm s}^{-2}{\times}10^{-3}, quite different from the previous estimate. I think that gives the mass I put into the article, but someone might check (I'm just a mathematician). It probably means that values like the escape velocity and surface gravity are wrong too, but I didn't change them. Btw, Spitale et al. give updated parameters for most of the minor Saturnian moons. McKay 05:15, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Great! I've added the reference in the article, and updated calculations. Deuar 19:01, 29 July 2006 (UTC)