There are larger moons than Enceladus.

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alcaray — 6/26/2009 12:30:03 AM (archived)

If it was tidal forces causing an ocean on Enceladus, you have to explain why none of the other moons seems to have one. Maybe it is just a harmonics thing and Enceladus is in just the right place?

There's a lot of ice in that system.

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How to explain Enceladus' salty ocean. - Jefferson-Washington - 6/25/2009 9:57:30 PM
- re: How to explain Enceladus' salty ocean. - TB - 6/25/2009 10:01:10 PM
  - See Wikipedia/Sci Am - Marsby - 7/8/2009 2:49:24 PM
  - There are larger moons than Enceladus. - alcaray - 6/26/2009 12:30:03 AM
    - There's evidence it's in a resonance... - Adam - 6/27/2009 10:28:13 AM
    - Titian? - REB - 6/26/2009 5:24:46 PM
      - Wasn't he a painter? - Adam - 6/27/2009 10:43:25 AM
    - re: There are larger moons than Enceladus. - TB - 6/26/2009 1:47:51 AM
      - Dione power source - phil - 6/26/2009 1:33:04 PM
        
        Io's activity is from about ~ 1 W per sq. metre of heat - Adam - 6/27/2009 10:47:04 AM
        
        Do you have a link for both values? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 6/27/2009 7:40:46 PM
        
        re: Do you have a link for both values? - phil - 6/28/2009 1:55:33 AM
        
        Nope. Do a Journal trawl through NASA's ADS (n/t) - Adam - 6/28/2009 10:16:20 PM
    - tidal forces evident on Io and Ganymede - pwokenyaw - 6/26/2009 12:52:55 AM
      - re: tidal forces evident on Io and Ganymede - Marsby - 7/8/2009 3:06:48 PM
        
        Water Worlds Roughly To Scale & Tidal Heating Impacts - Marsby - 7/9/2009 2:07:12 AM
      - Exactly my point! - alcaray - 6/26/2009 1:34:26 AM
        
        Kelly Beatty describes the Enceladus Plumes debate - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 7:31:25 PM
        
        Active Links For The Curious & the Lazy - Marsby - 7/8/2009 5:08:58 PM
        
        Wikipedia Link and Getting Around Sci Am Link Issues - Marsby - 7/8/2009 5:15:26 PM

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