Evolution of Icy Satellites

• Published in: Space Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Schubert, Gerald, Hussmann, Hauke, Lainey, Valéry, Matson, Dennis L., Mckinnon, W. B., Sohl, Frank, Sotin, Christophe, Tobie, Gabriel, Turrini, Diego, van Hoolst, Tim
• Other Authors: Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP/UCLA), Institute for Planetary Exploration, Deutsches Zentrum for Luft und Raumfahrt, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe Astrométrie et Planétologie (GAP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), Université de Nantes (UN), Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), National Research Council of Italy, Observatoire Royal de Belgique (ORB)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Ganymede; Jupiter; Laplace; Phoebe; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03743069; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9635-1

International audience Evolutionary scenarios for the major satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto-Charon are discussed. In the Jovian system the challenge is to understand how the present Laplace resonance of Io, Europa, and Ganymede was established and to determine whether the heat bein...