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Could Ariel have been heated by tidal friction?

Abstract

For significant dissipation in Ariel, the past existence of an orbital resonance to force and maintain a substantial eccentricity in the orbit is hypothesized. The absolute maximum dissipation rate would be reduced both by the time necessary to establish the resonance in the first place and by a consequently larger minimum Q. The actual heating rate was much less than this maximum so even the existence of a 2/1 resonance may not be sufficient to account for Ariel's smooth sufrace

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