Evidence for non-synchronous rotation of Europa

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6665, 1998, Pages 368-370

  Geissler, P E ^a   Greenberg, R ^a   Hoppa, G ^a   Helfenstein, P ^b   McEwen, A ^a   Pappalardo, R ^c   Tufts, R ^a   Ockert Bell, M ^b   Sullivan, R ^e   Greeley, R ^e   Belton, M J S ^d   Denk, T ^f   Clark, B ^b   Burns, J ^b   Veverka, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ORBIT; ROTATION; SUBSURFACE OCEAN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GALILEO PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

JUPITER;

EUROPA;

EID: 0032556888     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34869     Document Type: Article

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