Melting of Io by Tidal Dissipation
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:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- March 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.203.4383.892
- Bibcode:
- 1979Sci...203..892P
- Keywords:
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- 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