Melting of io by tidal dissipation.
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The dissipation of tidal energy in Jupiter's satellite Io is likely to have melted a major fraction of the mass. Consequences of a largely molten interior may be evident in pictures of Io's surface returned by Voyager I.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 203 4383 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979