Effect of the tiger stripes on the deformation of Saturn's moon Enceladus

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069415" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069415</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069415" target="_blank" >10.1002/2016GL069415</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Effect of the tiger stripes on the deformation of Saturn's moon Enceladus

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Enceladus is a small icy moon of Saturn with active jets of water emanating from fractures around the south pole, informally called tiger stripes, which might be connected to a subsurface water ocean. The effect of these features on periodic tidal deformation of the moon has so far been neglected because of the difficulties associated with implementation of faults in continuum mechanics models. Here we estimate the maximum possible impact of the tiger stripes on tidal deformation and heat production within Enceladus's ice shell by representing them as narrow zones with negligible frictional and bulk resistance passing vertically through the whole ice shell. Assuming a uniform ice shell thickness of 25km, consistent with the recent estimate of libration, we demonstrate that the faults can dramatically change the distribution of stress and strain in Enceladus's south polar region, leading to a significant increase of the heat production in this area.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Effect of the tiger stripes on the deformation of Saturn's moon Enceladus

Popis výsledku anglicky

Enceladus is a small icy moon of Saturn with active jets of water emanating from fractures around the south pole, informally called tiger stripes, which might be connected to a subsurface water ocean. The effect of these features on periodic tidal deformation of the moon has so far been neglected because of the difficulties associated with implementation of faults in continuum mechanics models. Here we estimate the maximum possible impact of the tiger stripes on tidal deformation and heat production within Enceladus's ice shell by representing them as narrow zones with negligible frictional and bulk resistance passing vertically through the whole ice shell. Assuming a uniform ice shell thickness of 25km, consistent with the recent estimate of libration, we demonstrate that the faults can dramatically change the distribution of stress and strain in Enceladus's south polar region, leading to a significant increase of the heat production in this area.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

DE - Zemský magnetismus, geodesie, geografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Geophysical Research Letters

ISSN

0094-8276

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

43

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

14

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

7417-7423

Kód UT WoS článku

000383290200017

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84979224951