Miranda: Verona Rupes |
Miranda: Verona Rupes |
Aug 31 2012, 11:51 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 9-August 12 From: Seattle, Washington (USA) Member No.: 6517 |
Hi...just wondering if anyone has a reliable source for the height of Miranda's spectacular Verona Rupes fault scarp? Estimates for the height range from 5 km to 20 km.
Thanks, --Phil -------------------- Twitter: @philna | seattle.wa.usa
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Oct 4 2014, 10:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
Global resurfacing of Uranus's moon Miranda by convection:
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2014/09/15/G36124.1 "Here we use numerical methods to show that sluggish-lid convection in Miranda's ice shell, powered by tidal heating, can simultaneously match the global distribution of coronae, the concentric deformation pattern, and the estimated heat flow during formation." http://www.space.com/27334-uranus-frankens...141004_32849726 "It'd be really interesting to think about what could be on the other side of Miranda," Hammond said. "Our study predicts there'd be one additional corona on Miranda's other side, and I would love to live long enough for a mission to go back to Uranus and test that hypothesis." We really need a Uranus mission !! Best regards, Marc. |
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