Re: Questions about "tidal heating"

I'm not expert in these things but take a water balloon and swing it around so that it elongates.  Squeeze it in your hand.  Among other things, you've made the water inside warmer.  Not very much, perhaps.  But it is kinetic energy input, and heat is, ultimately, the kinetic energy of

NASA and White House Play Planetary Politics

Worlds in Collision: NASA, White House Play Planetary Politics http://www.space.com/news/nasa_bush_031105-1.htmlFor those hungering to move humanity to move beyond the confines of Earth orbit, the words from U.S. President George Bush are clear and decisive: "Back to the Moon; back to the future. A

Recall: MRI Precision

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MRI Precision

Hey Michael,   How’s it going?   What do you know about medical diagnostic MRI capabilities?   I know that it is capable of producing image slices with differentiation of tissues, soft and hard.  But I don’t know what resolution it is capable of rendering.   This all goes toward an

Questions about "tidal heating"

I had originally heard that heat might be being generated in the (presumed) Europan ocean via geothermal venting, much like is happening along the mid-Atlantic ridge here on Earth.   But, several articles I've seen about Europa mention that it is mostly heated via the tidal effects of its proximit