Melting of Io by tidal dissipation

Details Melting of Io by tidal dissipation Melting of Io by tidal dissipation

Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...203..892p&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 203, Mar. 2, 1979, p. 892-894.

Computer Science

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Energy Dissipation, Io, Melting, Tides, Eccentricity, Galilean Satellites, Planetary Mantles, Thermal Energy, Voyager Project, Interior, Orbits, Voyager 1, Mantle, Melting, Io, Tides, Tidal Dissipation, Energy, Thermal Properties, Volcanism, Predictions, Eccentricity, Jupiter, Heating, Satellites, Core, Librations

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The resonant structure of Io leads to forced eccentricities that are considerably larger than the free values. Although still modest by all standards, these forced eccentricities coupled with the enormous tides induced by Jupiter lead to magnitudes of tidal dissipation that are large enough to completely dominate the thermal history of Io. In the present paper, the forced eccentricities are calculated and then substituted into an expression for the total tidal dissipation. The results point to the possibility that the dissipation of tidal energy in Io may have melted a major fraction of Io's mass.

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