Sentences with phrase «heated by tidal forces»
If it was just being heated by tidal forces within the ice, the ocean would freeze over in less than 30 million years.
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Heat from the friction of rocks caused by tidal forces could be the «engine» for the hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
The core is heated because the moon is always flexing due to tidal forces created by Saturn's gravity.
This hot slush is created by tidal forces from the mammoth gravity of Jupiter, which slowly knead the moon as it moves in its orbit, generating enormous amounts of heat as rock crystals rub against each other.
Saxena and his colleagues wanted to look at another potential form of heating, caused by tidal forces.
If the Pluto - Charon system formed via an impact, then a combination of heat from the impact and heat from the tidal forces induced by Charon could be enough to sustain an ocean.