Ocean tides heat Enceladus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Tyler, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MOON;

CASSINI SPACECRAFT; DISSIPATIVE HEATING; ENCELADUS; GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; OCEAN TIDES; ORBITAL PLANES; PLANETARY BODIES; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SOUTH POLE; SPIN-AXIS; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL FORCES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DISSIPATION; ECCENTRICITY; ENCELADUS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; OCEAN TIDE; PLUME; SATURN; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 70350029228     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038300     Document Type: Article

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