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astro-ph.EP2022★ 11 cited
The thermal-orbital evolution of the Earth-Moon system with a subsurface magma ocean and fossil figure
Brynna G. Downey, Francis Nimmo, Isamu Matsuyama
Various theories have been proposed to explain the Moon's current inclined orbit. We test the viability of these theories by reconstructing the thermal-orbital history of the Moon.…
astro-ph.EP2020★ 20 cited
Inclination damping on Callisto
Brynna G. Downey, Francis Nimmo, Isamu Matsuyama
Callisto is thought to possess a subsurface ocean, which will dissipate energy due to obliquity tides. This dissipation should have damped any primordial inclination within 1 Gyr -…