Three-layered models of Ganymede and Callisto - Compositions, structures, and aspects of evolution

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Callisto, Ganymede, Planetary Composition, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Structure, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Chemical Composition, Mineralogy, Rheology, Rocks, Satellite Temperature, Structures

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The structural models presently defined for Ganymede and Callisto, which encompass a pure-ice upper layer, a mixed ice/rock lower mantle, and a rock core, incorporate three alternative rock component candidates representing various degrees of silicate hydration and oxidation. The three-layered model facilitates close study of the radius increase required for the internal differentiation of an ice-rock satellite; such expansion is determined to be most significant early in the process, and less so as differentiation approaches completion. The probability of postaccretional melting due to radiogenic heating is calculated.

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