News and Views
Nature Geoscience 2, 13 - 14 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ngeo396
There is an Erratum (23 December 2008) associated with this News and Views.
Planetary science: Tidal flows in satellite oceans
Bruce G. Bills1
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Bruce G. Bills is at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA.
e-mail: bruce.bills@jpl.nasa.gov
Abstract
Sub-surface oceans probably exist on several large satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. An analysis of Europa's tides suggests that some of the Rossby waves are resonantly enhanced by the obliquity, producing sufficient heat and flow to keep the ocean liquid.
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