A Model for the Elastic Libration of Europa's Ice Shell

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1099

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Decoupled from its synchronously rotating interior, Europa's ice shell
experiences oscillations. Using tidal potential theory and the resulting
stresses we evaluate the elastic restoring torque and the shell's
librational amplitude and frequency.

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