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- Wed Apr 15, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Cosmic Triangle (2020 Apr 15)
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Re: APOD: A Cosmic Triangle (2020 Apr 15)
Could it be a clump of chokecherries?
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Io's Surface Under Construction lake-like feature? (17Aug08)
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Electromagnetic heating
"A likely energy source is the changing gravitational tides caused by Jupiter and the other Galilean moons as Io orbits the massive gas giant planet. " This is probably true, but let's remember that Io is also moving through a dense part of Jupiter's magnetic field. A very intense electric...