We review our current understanding of the interior structure and thermal evolution of Saturn, with a focus on recent results in the Cassini era. There has been important progress in understanding physical inputs, including equations of state of planetary materials and their mixtures, physical parameters like the gravity field and rotation rate, and constraints on Saturnian free oscillations. At the same time, new methods of calculation, including work on the gravity field of rotating fluid bodies, and the role of interior composition gradients, should help to better constrain the state of Saturn's interior, now and earlier in its history. However, a better appreciation of modeling uncertainties and degeneracies, along with a greater explor...
For its beautiful rings, active atmosphere and mysterious magnetic field, Saturn is a fascinating pl...
The Cassini-Huygens mission is returning new geophysical data for the midsize, icy satellites of Sat...
Before Cassini, scientists viewed Saturn’s unique features only from Earth and from three spacecraft...
Context. Measurements of Saturn’s gravity field by Cassini Grand Finale have been acquired with high...
The gravity field of a giant planet is typically our best window into its interior structure and com...
The accurate determination of Saturn’s gravitational coefficients by Cassini could provide tighter c...
We summarize the principal observational data that constrain interior models of Saturn, and explain...
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary...
This work has been supported by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) u...
The Saturn System has been studied in detail by the Cassini-Huygens Mission. A major thrust of those...
Saturn is a giant planet surrounded by numerous rings, many satellites, and a large magnetosphere. ...
The Cassini spacecraft's Grand Finale orbits provided a unique opportunity to probe Saturn's gravity...
Understanding the structure and composition of gas giants is of basic importance to planetary astrop...
For its beautiful rings, active atmosphere and mysterious magnetic field, Saturn is a fascinating pl...
The Cassini-Huygens mission is returning new geophysical data for the midsize, icy satellites of Sat...
Before Cassini, scientists viewed Saturn’s unique features only from Earth and from three spacecraft...
Context. Measurements of Saturn’s gravity field by Cassini Grand Finale have been acquired with high...
The gravity field of a giant planet is typically our best window into its interior structure and com...
The accurate determination of Saturn’s gravitational coefficients by Cassini could provide tighter c...
We summarize the principal observational data that constrain interior models of Saturn, and explain...
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary...
This work has been supported by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) u...
The Saturn System has been studied in detail by the Cassini-Huygens Mission. A major thrust of those...
Saturn is a giant planet surrounded by numerous rings, many satellites, and a large magnetosphere. ...
The Cassini spacecraft's Grand Finale orbits provided a unique opportunity to probe Saturn's gravity...
Understanding the structure and composition of gas giants is of basic importance to planetary astrop...
For its beautiful rings, active atmosphere and mysterious magnetic field, Saturn is a fascinating pl...
The Cassini-Huygens mission is returning new geophysical data for the midsize, icy satellites of Sat...
Before Cassini, scientists viewed Saturn’s unique features only from Earth and from three spacecraft...