Strong Tidal Dissipation at Uranus?

Geophysical estimates of paleo heat fluxes on the Uranian moons Miranda and Ariel are in the range of 25–75 mW m ^−2 . For a canonical Uranus dissipation factor Q = 18,000, expected equilibrium tidal heating rates for these satellites are less than 6 mW m ^−2 . At least for Ariel, this order-of-magn...

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Autore principale: Francis Nimmo
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Serie:The Planetary Science Journal
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad0cfb

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