Interior composition, structure and dynamics of the Galilean satellites

Abstract

Gravitational fiels of the satellites: flyby determination of C22, gravity results; Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto - interior models; Thermal considerations in the maintenance of intra-ice oceans on the icy Galilean satellites: melting relations, energy balances and equilibrium models, the probability of oceans and their thicknesses; Formation of the Galilean satellites.