7/26: Jupiter's moon Io

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07-27-2001, 02:01 PM

russotto

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Originally posted by Tony Shepps

Is Io different from the Moon in that it doesn't always face one side towards the planet?

No, it's tidally locked. But there's the three other Galilean moons which produce perturbations which affect Io's orbit (and therefore its tides) and prevent a static tidal bulge like that of the moon.

Last edited by russotto; 07-27-2001 at 02:04 PM.

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