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Tidal Heating of Moons

Tidal Heating of Moons. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/comet/sl9pre_hst.jpg. outreach@astronomy.nmsu.edu http://astronomy.nmsu.edu. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11688. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery /image_feature_758.html. Tides on Earth.

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Tidal Heating of Moons

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  1. Tidal Heating of Moons http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/comet/sl9pre_hst.jpg outreach@astronomy.nmsu.edu http://astronomy.nmsu.edu http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11688 http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery /image_feature_758.html

  2. Tides on Earth http://www.universetoday.com/20489/moon-compared-to-earth/

  3. Tides on Earth http://www.universetoday.com/20489/moon-compared-to-earth/

  4. Tides on Earth http://www.universetoday.com/20489/moon-compared-to-earth/

  5. Tides on Earth http://www.ps.missouri.edu/rickspage/Moon/Tides.html

  6. Moons in the Solar System Mars’ Saturn’s Neptune’s Pluto’s Earth’s Jupiter’s Uranus’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moons_of_solar_system_v7.jpg

  7. Moons in the Solar System Mars’ Saturn’s Neptune’s Pluto’s Earth’s Jupiter’s Uranus’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moons_of_solar_system_v7.jpg

  8. Jupiter’s Moon Io http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast16oct_1/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iosurface_gal.jpg

  9. Jupiter’s Moon Io http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_758.html http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/09mar_alienvolcano/ http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000606.html

  10. Jupiter’s Moon Europa http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1339.html

  11. Europa’s Cracked Icy Surface http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960814.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126131538.htm Europa Earth (Greenland)

  12. Saturn’s Moon Enceladus http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/2009june22-week-in-space

  13. Enceladus’ Briny Geysers http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071013.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080331.html

  14. Neptune’s Moon Triton http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triton_(moon).jpg

  15. Tidal Heating Activity

  16. Tidal Heating Activity • Stretching elastic bands! • Changing stretching = friction = heat • Gravity stretches Moons = tidal force • Changing tidal forces also cause heat • Certain arrangements result in lots of stretching

  17. The Rings of Saturn http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html

  18. The Rings of Saturn http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=2794

  19. The Rings of Saturn http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03550 Enceladus & the E ring! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070327.html

  20. Summary • Some moons are far from the Sun but are heated somehow • Gravity stretches moons = tidal force • Changing tidal forces provides heat by friction • Heated moons can have volcanoes, geysers, and oceans! • Tidal heating means water can be a liquid even in places far from the Sun.Where there’s water, there might be life!Follow the water!

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