Elastic ice shells of synchronous moons: Implications for cracks on Europa and non-synchronous rotation of Titan

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 631-638

  Goldreich, Peter M ^a,b   Mitchell, J L ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Resonances, Spin orbit; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956296264     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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