Tidal dissipiation in Europa - A correction

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Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980georl...7..987c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 7, Nov. 1980, p. 987, 988.

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Energy Dissipation, Error Analysis, Europa, Ice Formation, Tidal Waves, Water Heating, Correction, Elastic Shells, Liquid-Solid Interfaces, Planetary Evolution, Thermal Environments, Jupiter, Satellites, Europa, Tidal Effects, Dissipation, Heating, Water, Mathematical Models

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The possibility that tidal dissipation in a thin ice crust was sufficient to preserve liquid water on Jupiter's satellite Europa was suggested by Cassen et al. (1979). However, their calculation of the tidal heating rate for that situation is in error; for the same parameter values, the actual heating rate would be much less than given in their paper. Thus, their conclusion regarding the possibility that liquid water exists today on Europa is considerably weakened. This paper corrects the calculation of the tidal dissipation rate in a Europan ice crust, and discusses the implications for Europa's thermal history, and clarifies certain aspects of the tidal heating problem.

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