The influence of obliquity on europan cycloid formation

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-215

  Hurford, T A ^a   Sarid, A R ^b   Greenberg, R ^c   Bills, B G ^d,e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Rotational dynamics; solid body; Tectonics; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349205536     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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