Tidal Dissipation in Mercury

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Mar 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002lpi....33.1599b&link_type=abstract

33rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 11-15, 2002, Houston, Texas, abstract no.1599

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The spatial pattern and total inventory of tidal dissipation within
Mercury depends sensitively on internal structure and on orbital
eccentricity. Surface heat flow from this source may exceed 3 mW/m^{-2},
and will vary with time as the orbital eccentricity fluctuates.

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