ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Moons orbiting giant planets face additional problems that an isolated Earth-like planet would not encounter. At 1 AU from a solar-type star, all moons within a jovian planet's Hill sphere (the limit for orbital stability) would become tidally locked within a few billion years of their formation. ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/385234a0