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Was Solar System’s largest moon electrically scarred?
Friday, September 13, 2013 10:19
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Could Ganymede’s magnetic field be related to the electrical phenomena that scarred and transmogrified it? If Ganymede was indeed closer to Jupiter at some point in its past, then wrenched from orbit and thrown thousands of kilometers farther out from the tidal grasp of its parent, could the force that was responsible for that event be electrical in nature? Was the moon gripped by an electrodynamic field large enough to imprint its core with permanent magnetism? What effect does the electrical connection with Jupiter have on Ganymede today? DETAILS HERE
