| Literature DB >> 17771724 |
S J Peale, P Cassen, R T Reynolds.
Abstract
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.Year: 1979 PMID： 17771724 DOI： 10.1126/science.203.4383.892
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728