Re: Sulfuric Io in True Color . . .

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Tom Brosz — 7/16/2001 6:38:03 PM (archived)

I thought I ordered that without anchovies...sorry.

A moon that has been locked into tidal synchronization with its primary, has a stable orbit, and has one face always pointing towards it, no longer has significant tidal forces working on it. I read somewhere that Io is prevented from such a stable lock by forces acting on its orbit by other moons, and this is why the tidal disruption on Io is so intense.

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Sulfuric Io in True Color . . . - D. Spires - 7/16/2001 1:30:20 PM
- Re: Sulfuric Io in True Color . . . - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2001 6:38:03 PM
  - Re: High Tide on Io . . . - D. Spires - 7/16/2001 7:19:11 PM
- Re: Nick & ETI - Could another large planet in a nearby orbit - - E.P. Grondine - 7/16/2001 3:41:32 PM
  - Could another large planet in a nearby orbit - - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2001 6:30:36 PM
    - Just what is a "habitable zone"? - Keith Cowing - 7/16/2001 7:48:24 PM
      - Habitable Moons - Adam - 7/18/2001 12:32:44 PM
      - Re: Just what is a - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2001 11:55:46 AM
  - Re: Nick & ETI - Could another large planet in a nearby orbit - - Nick Hoffman - 7/16/2001 10:29:05 AM
    - Possible - but the case I am thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 5:04:37 PM
    - Possible - but what I was thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 4:56:18 PM
    - Possible - but what I was thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 4:54:08 PM
    - Possible - but what I was thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 4:52:22 PM
    - Possible - but what I was thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 4:51:48 PM
    - Possible - but what I was thinking about - E.P. Grondine - 7/17/2001 4:51:13 PM
      - Yipes! You got the hiccups or something? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2001 6:49:22 PM
        
        Entirely my fault - Robert - 7/17/2001 7:01:16 PM
        
        testing (n/t) - Robert - 7/17/2001 2:57:35 PM
- Re: Source . . . - D. Spires - 7/16/2001 1:32:32 PM
- Hey, what's up with Jason Perry's Io - web site? - Matt - 7/16/2001 9:34:23 AM

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