Search: onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:uu-384066" >
Consequences of Tid...
Consequences of Tidal Dissipation in a Putative Venusian Ocean
-
- Green, J. A. Mattias (author)
- Bangor Univ Menai Bridge, Sch Ocean Sci, Bangor LL59 5AB, Gwynedd, Wales
-
- Way, Michael J. (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Teoretisk astrofysik,NASA, Goddard Inst Space Studies, New York, NY 10025 USA
-
- Barnes, Rory (author)
- Univ Washington, Dept Astron, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
-
(creator_code:org_t)
- 2019-05-06
- 2019
- English.
-
In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. - : IOP PUBLISHING LTD. - 2041-8205 .- 2041-8213. ; 876:2
- Related links:
-
https://doi.org/10.3...
-
show more...
-
https://uu.diva-port... (primary) (Raw object)
-
https://doi.org/10.3...
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
https://doi.org/10.3...
-
show less...
Abstract
Subject headings
Close
- The solar tide in an ancient Venusian ocean is simulated using a dedicated numerical tidal model. Simulations with varying ocean depth and rotational periods ranging from -243 to 64 sidereal Earth days are used to calculate the tidal dissipation rates and associated tidal torque. The results show that the tidal dissipation could have varied by more than 5 orders of magnitude, from 0.001 to 780 GW, depending on rotational period and ocean depth. The associated tidal torque is about 2 orders of magnitude below the present day Venusian atmospheric torque, and could change the Venusian daylength by up to 72 days per million years depending on rotation rate. Consequently, an ocean tide on ancient Venus could have had significant effects on the rotational history of the planet. These calculations have implications for the rotational periods of similarly close-in exoplanetary worlds and the location of the inner edge of the liquid water habitable zone.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
Find in a library
To the university's database