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Tidal flows in satellite oceans

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Sub-surface oceans probably exist on several large satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. An analysis of Europa's tides suggests that some of the Rossby waves are resonantly enhanced by the obliquity, producing sufficient heat and flow to keep the ocean liquid.

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Figure 1: Flow below the ice.

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  1. Bruce G. Bills is at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. bruce.bills@jpl.nasa.gov,

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Bills, B. Tidal flows in satellite oceans. Nature Geosci 2, 13–14 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo396

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