Crustal failure on icy Moons from a strong tidal encounter
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- 作者：Alice C. Quillen ; a ; alice.quillen@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; aquillen@pas.rochester.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; David Giannellaa ; John G. Shawb ; Cynthia Ebingerc
- 关键词：Tides ; solid body ; Satellites ; surfaces
- 刊名：Icarus
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：275
- 期：Complete
- 页码：267-280
- 全文大小：3659 K
文摘
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Strong tidal encounters between Moons should have taken place in the early Solar System.
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Tidal encounters can cause fractures on the surface of an icy Moon.
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Tidal encounters may have caused chasmata on Dione, Tethys, Ariel and Charon.
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Mass spring model simulations show fractures that extend a large fraction of the body radius.