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Q: Just how locked is Titan? Does it exhibit libration due to eccentricity? Have residual oscillations not yet damped out been detected or ruled out?

uhohUnder Where is the Selk crater on Titan with respect to Saturn? there is @BrendanLuke15's comment which provides a helpful hint: Tidally locked moons have their 0° longitude defined as the 'sub-planet' point (In every instance I've seen) The first thing I think of is libration. (though when I w...

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Q: Roughly, how much of our Moon's apparent libration amplitude seen from the Geocenter is due to different effects?

uhohMy understanding is that when tidal locking of a body first happens it transitions from a state where the average rotation period is faster than the orbital period to a state where they are the same on average. This leaves it "rocking" back and forth as seen from the other body by almost ±180° in...

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