Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon
September 19, 2024
September 19, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 19 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io the most volcanically active location in the solar system Cornell astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.
"Tidal heating plays an important role in the heating and orbital evolution of celestial bodies," said Alex Hayes '03, M.Eng. '04, the Je . . .
By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io the most volcanically active location in the solar system Cornell astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.
"Tidal heating plays an important role in the heating and orbital evolution of celestial bodies," said Alex Hayes '03, M.Eng. '04, the Je . . .