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Archive of Jupiter System Articles

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14 JUNE 2018 Meteorite Evidence for a Complicated Protoplanetary Disk
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
A striking dichotomy in isotopic compositions of meteorite groups appears to be consistent with Jupiter and Saturn migrating to and fro during planet formation.
pdf link, Meteorite Evidence for a Complicated Protoplanetary Disk
30 AUG 2017 Meteorite Formation Times and the Age of Jupiter
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Isotopic analyses of meteorites and models of planetary accretion indicate that Jupiter's solid core had accreted only one million years after the Solar System began to form.
pdf link, Meteorite Formation Times and the Age of Jupiter
MARCH 2016 Explaining CO2 Inside the Snowline
by Linda M. V. Martel
Laboratory experiments determine CO2 adsorption onto carbonaceous chondrite meteorites with implications for the presence of CO2 in the non-ice materials on the satellites of Jupiter.
pdf link, CO2 adsorption experiments
31 MAR 10 Dynamics and Chemistry of Planet Construction
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Outward migration of Saturn might have triggered a dramatic increase in the bombardment rate on the Moon 3.9 billion years ago, an idea testable with lunar samples.
pdf link, Dynamics and Chemistry of Planet Construction
24 AUG 06 Wandering Gas Giants and Lunar Bombardment
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Outward migration of Saturn might have triggered a dramatic increase in the bombardment rate on the Moon 3.9 billion years ago, an idea testable with lunar samples.
pdf link, Wandering Gas Giants and Lunar Bombardment
25 NOV 02 Bands on Europa
by Linda M. V. Martel
Rifting at Earth's mid-ocean ridges is a good analogy for Europan band formation.
pdf link, Bands on Europa
21 AUG 01 Uranus, Neptune, and the Mountains of the Moon
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
The tardy formation of Uranus and Neptune might have caused the intense bombardment of the Moon 3.9 billion years ago.
pdf link, Uranus, Neptune, and the Mountains of the Moon
26 FEB 01 The Europa Scene in the Voyager-Galileo Era
by Linda M. V. Martel
Voyager and Galileo images provide a 20-year perspective on the geology of Europa's water-ice surface.
pdf link, Europa
15 FEB 00 Jupiter's Hot, Mushy Moon
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Very high lava flow temperatures on Io lead some scientists to propose that the satellite's interior is a swirling cauldron of partially molten rock.
pdf link, Jupiter's Hot, Mushy Moon
24 SEPT 98 Europa's Salty Surface
by G. Jeffrey Taylor
Jupiter's moon Europa has salt deposits on its surface that may be the products of evaporation of water erupted from an ocean beneath the satellite's icy crust.
pdf link, Europa's Salty Surface
27 APR 98 Big Mountain, Big Landslide on Jupiter's Moon, Io
by Linda M. V. Martel
Thrust faulting and uplift of a large block of Io's crust may have created a mountain and the landslide on it.
pdf link, Io
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