Tidal flexing is a heating system that can cycle water and nutrients among the moon's rocky interior, ice shell, and ocean.
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Tidal heating occurs through the tidal friction processes: orbital and rotational energy is dissipated as heat in either (or both) the surface ocean or ...
"A tide is a distortion in the shape of one body induced by the gravitational pull of another nearby object." In the case of the Earth, the moon and (to a ...
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Posted: Jan 10, 2017
Posted: Jan 10, 2017
This is becuase stretching and flexing induce frictional heating, similar to rubbing your hands together on a cold day. There is enough tidal heating occurring ...
Tidal heating of Io occurs through the tidal friction processes between Jupiter and its moon. Orbital and rotational energy are dissipated as heat in the ...
Jun 18, 2015 · As I understand it, the massive gravity of Jupiter causes tidal flexing, which in turn created massive amount of heat energy within the moon ...
Jul 10, 2017 · This tidal kneading causes frictional heating within Europa, much in the same way a paper clip bent back and forth can get hot to the touch ...
May 27, 2021 · Tidal flexing at Europa is caused by this moon being pulled upon variably by Jupiter, and the other large, nearby moons. · This, in turn, causes ...