Evolution of icy satellites

• Published in: Space Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Schubert, G., Hussmann, H., Lainey, V., Matson, D.L., McKinnon, W.B, Sohl, F., Sotin, C., Tobie, G., Turrini, D., VanHoolst, T.
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Planetenphysik; Planetengeodäsie; South Pole; Jupiter; Laplace; Phoebe; Ganymede; South pole
• Online Access: http://elib.dlr.de/65757/

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 being radiated by Io is in...