Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon
Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 20, 2024
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 Jennifer and Albe
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 Jennifer and Albe