Tidal origin of the Laplace resonance and the resurfacing of Ganymede

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Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...94..399m&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 94, Dec. 1991, p. 399-412.

Mathematics

Logic

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Ganymede, Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics), Satellite Surfaces, Eccentric Orbits, Galilean Satellites, Tides

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In the present scenario for the Laplace resonance's tidal origin, the Laplace relation for the three inner Galilean satellites Io, Europa, and Ganymede may have been established within a previous three-body resonance which excited Ganymede's orbital eccentricity to a high value. The tidal heating enhancement associated with that high-eccentricity period furnishes a plausible explanation for the Ganymede surface, which appears to be geologically younger than that of Callisto.

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