Joint dynamical-geophysical evidence for a limit cycle in the Galilean moons

arXiv:2608.04226 · astro-ph.EP, physics.geo-ph · Submitted 2026-08-04 · Read on arXiv

Amirhossein Bagheri, Steven Vance, Jim Fuller, Brianna Fernandez, Mohit Melwani-Daswani, Hauke Hussmann, Gregor Steinbruegge, Francis Nimmo

astro-ph.EP, physics.geo-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-04

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Core — 34× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Archean — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Monte Carlo framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Self-consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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