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Science 2 March 1979:
Vol. 203. no. 4383, pp. 892 - 894
DOI: 10.1126/science.203.4383.892
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Melting of Io by Tidal Dissipation

S. J. PEALE 1, P. CASSEN 2, and R. T. REYNOLDS 2

1 Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106
2 Theoretical and Planetary Studies Branch, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035

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.

Submitted on January 26, 1979


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