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El Moutamid M, Sicardy B, Renner S, Souami D. Resonant capture of Saturn's arcs. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2025; 383:20240184. [PMID: 40013574 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2024.0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2024] [Revised: 01/15/2025] [Accepted: 01/20/2025] [Indexed: 02/28/2025]
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Obtained images from the Cassini spacecraft have unveiled several small satellites in the vicinity of Mimas' orbit: Aegaeon, Methone and Anthe. Methone and Anthe are situated within arcs of material, while Aegaeon orbits within an arc near the inner edge of Saturn's G ring. The presence of these arcs and moons is consistent with their confinement by corotation eccentric resonance (CER) with Mimas. Aegaeon is captured in an inner 7 : 6 mean motion resonance with Mimas, while Methone and Anthe are, respectively, captured in outer 14 : 15 and 10 : 11 resonances with Mimas. Here, we estimate the probabilities of capturing these small satellites into their respective CERs with Mimas as the orbit of the latter evolves through tidal effects. We will discuss the potential implications of this work, in particular the constraints it may provide on Mimas' orbital evolution.This article is part of the theme issue 'Major advances in planetary sciences thanks to stellar occultations'.
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- M El Moutamid
- Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1301 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
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- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lille, CNRS UMR 8028, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris 75014, France
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- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lille, CNRS UMR 8028, 77 avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris 75014, France
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- LIRA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université ParisCité, CY Cergy Paris Université, Meudon 92190, France
- naXys, Department of Mathematics, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, Namur 5000, Belgium
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Tobie G, Auclair-Desrotour P, Běhounková M, Kervazo M, Souček O, Kalousová K. Tidal Deformation and Dissipation Processes in Icy Worlds. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 2025; 221:6. [PMID: 39830012 PMCID: PMC11739232 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-025-01136-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2025]
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Tidal interactions play a key role in the dynamics and evolution of icy worlds. The intense tectonic activity of Europa and the eruption activity on Enceladus are clear examples of the manifestation of tidal deformation and associated dissipation. While tidal heating has long been recognized as a major driver in the activity of these icy worlds, the mechanism controlling how tidal forces deform the different internal layers and produce heat by tidal friction still remains poorly constrained. As tidal forcing varies with orbital characteristics (distance to the central planet, eccentricity, obliquity), the contribution of tidal heating to the internal heat budget can strongly change over geological timescales. In some circumstances, the tidally-produced heat can result in internal melting and surface activity taking various forms. Even in the absence of significant heat production, tidal deformation can be used to probe the interior structure, the tidal response of icy moons being strongly sensitive to their hydrosphere structure. In the present paper, we review the methods to compute tidal deformation and dissipation in the different layers composing icy worlds. After summarizing the main principle of tidal deformation and the different rheological models used to model visco-elastic tidal response, we describe the dissipation processes expected in rock-dominated cores, subsurface oceans and icy shells and highlight the potential effects of tidal heating in terms of thermal evolution and activity. We finally anticipate how data collected by future missions to Jupiter's and Saturn's moons could be used to constrain their tidal response and the consequences for past and present activities.
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- G. Tobie
- Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, UMR 6112, CNRS, Nantes Université, Université d’Angers, Le Mans Université, Nantes, France
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- IMCCE, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Geophysics, Charles University, V Holesšovičkách 2, Praha, Praha 8 180 00 Czech Republic
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- Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, UMR 6112, CNRS, Nantes Université, Université d’Angers, Le Mans Université, Nantes, France
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Mathematical Institute, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, Praha, Praha 8 186 75 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Geophysics, Charles University, V Holesšovičkách 2, Praha, Praha 8 180 00 Czech Republic
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Rhoden AR, Ferguson SN, Bottke W, Castillo-Rogez JC, Martin E, Bland M, Kirchoff M, Zannoni M, Rambaux N, Salmon J. Geologic Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Saturn's Mid-Sized Moons. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 2024; 220:55. [PMID: 39036784 PMCID: PMC11255024 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-024-01084-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Saturn's mid-sized icy moons have complex relationships with Saturn's interior, the rings, and with each other, which can be expressed in their shapes, interiors, and geology. Observations of their physical states can, thus, provide important constraints on the ages and formation mechanism(s) of the moons, which in turn informs our understanding of the formation and evolution of Saturn and its rings. Here, we describe the cratering records of the mid-sized moons and the value and limitations of their use for constraining the histories of the moons. We also discuss observational constraints on the interior structures of the moons and geologically-derived inferences on their thermal budgets through time. Overall, the geologic records of the moons (with the exception of Mimas) include evidence of epochs of high heat flows, short- and long-lived subsurface oceans, extensional tectonics, and considerable cratering. Curiously, Mimas presents no clear evidence of an ocean within its surface geology, but its rotation and orbit indicate a present-day ocean. While the moons need not be primordial to produce the observed levels of interior evolution and geologic activity, there is likely a minimum age associated with their development that has yet to be determined. Uncertainties in the populations impacting the moons makes it challenging to further constrain their formation timeframes using craters, whereas the characteristics of their cores and other geologic inferences of their thermal evolutions may help narrow down their potential histories. Disruptive collisions may have also played an important role in the formation and evolution of Saturn's mid-sized moons, and even the rings of Saturn, although more sophisticated modeling is needed to determine the collision conditions that produce rings and moons that fit the observational constraints. Overall, the existence and physical characteristics of Saturn's mid-sized moons provide critical benchmarks for the development of formation theories.
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- Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 USA
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- Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ USA
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Forlì, Italy
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- IMCCE, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Université, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lille 1, UMR 8028 du CNRS, 77 Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
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- Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 USA
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Ćuk M, El Moutamid M, Lari G, Neveu M, Nimmo F, Noyelles B, Rhoden A, Saillenfest M. Long-Term Evolution of the Saturnian System. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 2024; 220:20. [PMID: 39100574 PMCID: PMC11297086 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-024-01049-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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Here we present the current state of knowledge on the long-term evolution of Saturn's moon system due to tides within Saturn. First we provide some background on tidal evolution, orbital resonances and satellite tides. Then we address in detail some of the present and past orbital resonances between Saturn's moons (including the Enceladus-Dione and Titan-Hyperion resonances) and what they can tell us about the evolution of the system. We also present the current state of knowledge on the spin-axis dynamics of Saturn: we discuss arguments for a (past or current) secular resonance of Saturn's spin precession with planetary orbits, and explain the links of this resonance to the tidal evolution of Titan and a possible recent cataclysm in the Saturnian system. We also address how the moons' orbital evolution, including resonances, affects the evolution of their interiors. Finally, we summarize the state of knowledge about the Saturnian system's long-term evolution and discuss prospects for future progress.
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- Matija Ćuk
- Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, 339 N Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, 94043 CA USA
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- Cornell Center of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Cornell University, Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, 14850 NY USA
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- Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, 4296 Stadium Dr., College Park, 20742 MD USA
- Planetary Environments Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, 20771 MD USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
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- Institut UTINAM UMR 6213 / CNRS, Univ. of Franche-Comté, OSU THETA, BP 1615, 25010 Besançon Cedex, France
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- Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute – Boulder, 1050 Walnut St., Boulder, 80302 CO USA
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- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Lille, 77 av. Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
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Witze A. The Solar System has a new ocean - it's buried in a small Saturn moon. Nature 2024:10.1038/d41586-024-00345-9. [PMID: 38326420 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00345-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Ćuk M, Rhoden AR. Mimas's surprise ocean prompts an update of the rule book for moons. Nature 2024; 626:263-264. [PMID: 38326598 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00194-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Lainey V, Rambaux N, Tobie G, Cooper N, Zhang Q, Noyelles B, Baillié K. A recently formed ocean inside Saturn's moon Mimas. Nature 2024; 626:280-282. [PMID: 38326592 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06975-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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Moons potentially harbouring a global ocean are tending to become relatively common objects in the Solar System1. The presence of these long-lived global oceans is generally betrayed by surface modification owing to internal dynamics2. Hence, Mimas would be the most unlikely place to look for the presence of a global ocean3. Here, from detailed analysis of Mimas's orbital motion based on Cassini data, with a particular focus on Mimas's periapsis drift, we show that its heavily cratered icy shell hides a global ocean, at a depth of 20-30 kilometres. Eccentricity damping implies that the ocean is likely to be less than 25 million years old and still evolving. Our simulations show that the ocean-ice interface reached a depth of less than 30 kilometres only recently (less than 2-3 million years ago), a time span too short for signs of activity at Mimas's surface to have appeared.
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- V Lainey
- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université Lille, Paris, France.
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- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université Lille, Paris, France
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- LPG, UMR-CNRS 6112, Nantes Université, Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institut UTINAM, CNRS UMR 6213, Université de Franche-Comté, OSU THETA, BP 1615, Besançon, France
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- IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université Lille, Paris, France
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McClain CR, Bryant SR, Hanks G, Bowles MW. Extremophiles in Earth's Deep Seas: A View Toward Life in Exo-Oceans. ASTROBIOLOGY 2022; 22:1009-1028. [PMID: 35549348 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Humanity's search for extraterrestrial life is a modern manifestation of the exploratory and curious nature that has led us through millennia of scientific discoveries. With the ongoing exploration of extraterrestrial bodies, the potential for discovery of extraterrestrial life has expanded. We may better inform this search through an understanding of how life persists and flourishes on Earth in a myriad of environmental extremes. A significant proportion of our knowledge of extremophiles on Earth comes from studies on deep ocean life. Here, we review and synthesize the range of environmental extremes observed in the deep sea, the life that persists in these extreme conditions, and the biological adaptations utilized by these remarkable life-forms. We also review confirmed and predicted extraterrestrial oceans in our solar system and propose deep-sea sites that may serve as planetary field analog environments. We show that the clever ingenuity of evolution under deep-sea conditions suggests that the plausibility of extraterrestrial life is much greater than previously thought.
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- Craig R McClain
- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
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Hendrix AR, Hurford TA, Barge LM, Bland MT, Bowman JS, Brinckerhoff W, Buratti BJ, Cable ML, Castillo-Rogez J, Collins GC, Diniega S, German CR, Hayes AG, Hoehler T, Hosseini S, Howett CJ, McEwen AS, Neish CD, Neveu M, Nordheim TA, Patterson GW, Patthoff DA, Phillips C, Rhoden A, Schmidt BE, Singer KN, Soderblom JM, Vance SD. The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds. ASTROBIOLOGY 2019; 19:1-27. [PMID: 30346215 PMCID: PMC6338575 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this article, we summarize the work of the NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) group. The aim of this group is to assemble the scientific framework that will guide the exploration of ocean worlds, and to identify and prioritize science objectives for ocean worlds over the next several decades. The overarching goal of an Ocean Worlds exploration program as defined by ROW is to "identify ocean worlds, characterize their oceans, evaluate their habitability, search for life, and ultimately understand any life we find." The ROW team supports the creation of an exploration program that studies the full spectrum of ocean worlds, that is, not just the exploration of known ocean worlds such as Europa but candidate ocean worlds such as Triton as well. The ROW team finds that the confirmed ocean worlds Enceladus, Titan, and Europa are the highest priority bodies to target in the near term to address ROW goals. Triton is the highest priority candidate ocean world to target in the near term. A major finding of this study is that, to map out a coherent Ocean Worlds Program, significant input is required from studies here on Earth; rigorous Research and Analysis studies are called for to enable some future ocean worlds missions to be thoughtfully planned and undertaken. A second finding is that progress needs to be made in the area of collaborations between Earth ocean scientists and extraterrestrial ocean scientists.
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- Amanda R. Hendrix
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
- Address correspondence to: Amanda R. Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- NASA HQ/Universities Space Association, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Neveu M, Rhoden AR. Evolution of Saturn's Mid-Sized Moons. NATURE ASTRONOMY 2019; 3:543-552. [PMID: 31360776 PMCID: PMC6662725 DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0726-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The orbits of Saturn's inner mid-sized moons (Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) have been notably difficult to reconcile with their geology. Here, we present numerical simulations coupling thermal, geophysical, and simplified orbital evolution for 4.5 billion years that reproduce observed characteristics of their orbits and interiors, provided that the outer four moons are old. Tidal dissipation within Saturn expands the moons' orbits over time. Dissipation within the moons decreases their eccentricities, which are episodically increased by moon-moon interactions, causing past or present oceans in the interior of Enceladus, Dione, and Tethys. In contrast, Mimas' proximity to Saturn's rings generates interactions that cause such rapid orbital expansion that Mimas must have formed only 0.1-1 Gyr ago if it postdates the rings. The resulting lack of radionuclides keeps it geologically inactive. These simulations can explain the Mimas-Enceladus dichotomy, reconcile the moons' orbital properties and geological diversity, and self-consistently produce a recent ocean on Enceladus.
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- Marc Neveu
- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- CRESST II and Planetary Environments Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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Taubner RS, Schleper C, Firneis MG, Rittmann SKMR. Assessing the Ecophysiology of Methanogens in the Context of Recent Astrobiological and Planetological Studies. Life (Basel) 2015; 5:1652-86. [PMID: 26703739 PMCID: PMC4695842 DOI: 10.3390/life5041652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Among all known microbes capable of thriving under extreme and, therefore, potentially extraterrestrial environmental conditions, methanogens from the domain Archaea are intriguing organisms. This is due to their broad metabolic versatility, enormous diversity, and ability to grow under extreme environmental conditions. Several studies revealed that growth conditions of methanogens are compatible with environmental conditions on extraterrestrial bodies throughout the Solar System. Hence, life in the Solar System might not be limited to the classical habitable zone. In this contribution we assess the main ecophysiological characteristics of methanogens and compare these to the environmental conditions of putative habitats in the Solar System, in particular Mars and icy moons. Eventually, we give an outlook on the feasibility and the necessity of future astrobiological studies concerning methanogens.
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- Ruth-Sophie Taubner
- Research Platform: ExoLife, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
- Institute of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Platform: ExoLife, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
- Institute of Astrophysics, University of Vienna, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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