Melting of Io by Tidal Dissipation (original) (raw)

NASA/ADS

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• Cassen, P. ;
• Reynolds, R. T.

Abstract

The dissipation of tidal energy in Jupiter's satellite Io is likely to have melted a major fraction of the mass. Consequences of a largely molten interior may be evident in pictures of Io's surface returned by Voyager I.

Publication:

Science

Pub Date:

March 1979

DOI:

10.1126/science.203.4383.892

Bibcode:

1979Sci...203..892P

Keywords:

• Energy Dissipation;
• Io;
• Melting;
• Tides;
• Eccentricity;
• Galilean Satellites;
• Planetary Mantles;
• Thermal Energy;
• Voyager Project;
• Lunar and Planetary Exploration; Jupiter;
• INTERIOR;
• ORBITS;
• VOYAGER 1;
• MANTLE;
• MELTING;
• IO;
• TIDES;
• TIDAL DISSIPATION;
• ENERGY;
• THERMAL PROPERTIES;
• VOLCANISM;
• PREDICTIONS;
• ECCENTRICITY;
• JUPITER;
• HEATING;
• SATELLITES;
• CORE;
• LIBRATIONS