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Obliquity, Precession, and Fracture Mechanics: Implications of Europa's Global Cycloid Population by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Mohr, Kyle J., Hurford, Terry A., Henning, Wade, Sajous, Stan, Patthoff, D. Alex, Dubois, David

“…We catalog the global inventory of Europa's cycloids, arcuate fractures whose paths have been linked to diurnal tidal stress, and use the locations and…”
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Charon: A Brief History of Tides by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Skjetne, Helle L., Henning, Wade G., Hurford, Terry A., Stern, S. A., Olkin, C. B., Spencer, J. R., Weaver, H. A., Young, Leslie A., Ennico, Kimberly

“…In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and its moon Charon, providing the first clear look at Charon's surface. New Horizons images revealed an…”
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Mimas: Frozen Fragment, Ring Relic, or Emerging Ocean World? by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose

“…Mimas, the smallest and innermost of Saturn's mid-sized moons, has a heavily cratered surface devoid of the intricate fracture systems of its neighbor,…”
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Surprise ocean prompts update of rules for moons by Ćuk, Matija, Rhoden, Alyssa Rose

“…Because there was no other widely recognized evidence foran ocean, many planetary scientists preferred the elongated-core hypothesis. [...]Lainey etai, showed…”
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The case for an ocean-bearing Mimas from tidal heating analysis by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Walker, Matthew E.

“…Cassini measurements of Mimas' physical libration can be explained by either a non-hydrostatic core or a global, liquid water ocean beneath a 24–31 km thick…”
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Mimas’s surprise ocean prompts an update of the rule book for moons by Ćuk, Matija, Rhoden, Alyssa Rose

“…The shifting orbit of one of Saturn’s moons indicates that the satellite has a subsurface ocean, contradicting theories that its interior is entirely solid…”
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The challenges of driving Charon's cryovolcanism from a freezing ocean by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Rudolph, Maxwell L., Manga, Michael

“…A combination of geological interpretations and thermal-orbital evolution models imply that Pluto's large moon, Charon, had a subsurface water (and possibly…”
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A unique Saturnian impactor population from elliptical craters by Ferguson, Sierra N., Rhoden, Alyssa R., Kirchoff, Michelle R., Salmon, Julien J.

“…The crater populations of Saturn's midsized icy moons are not well matched by the size-frequency distributions of impacting material inferred from other outer…”
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The evolution of a young ocean within Mimas by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Walker, Matthew E., Rudolph, Maxwell L., Bland, Michael T., Manga, Michael

“…•Mimas could have grown an ocean as its eccentricity decreased to its present value.•The onset of melting had to occur when Mimas’ eccentricity was 2–3 times…”
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Tidal Heating at Europa Using the Multifrequency Analysis of Tidal Heating Toolkit by Walker, Matthew E., Rose Rhoden, Alyssa

“…Abstract We evaluate the thermal response of Europa’s ice shell to the gravity perturbation of Jupiter using a comprehensive toolkit (dubbed Multifrequency…”
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The formation of Enceladus' Tiger Stripe Fractures from eccentricity tides by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Hurford, Terry A., Spitale, Joseph, Henning, Wade, Huff, Eric M., Bland, Michael T., Sajous, Stan

“…•Tiger Stripe orientations are reproduced by eccentricity tidal stress.•Orientations imply a consistent failure threshold.•Thickness variations provide a…”
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Geologic Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Saturn’s Mid-Sized Moons by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Ferguson, Sierra N., Bottke, William, Castillo-Rogez, Julie C., Martin, Emily, Bland, Michael, Kirchoff, Michelle, Zannoni, Marco, Rambaux, Nicolas, Salmon, Julien

“…Saturn’s mid-sized icy moons have complex relationships with Saturn’s interior, the rings, and with each other, which can be expressed in their shapes,…”
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Charon: A brief history of tides by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Skjetne, Helle L, Henning, Wade G, Hurford, Terry A, Walsh, Kevin J, Stern, S. A, Olkin, C. B, Spencer, J. R, Weaver, H. A, Young, L. A, Ennico, K, Team, the New Horizons

“…In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and its moon Charon, providing the first clear look at the surface of Charon. New Horizons images revealed…”
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Lineament azimuths on Europa: Implications for obliquity and non-synchronous rotation by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Hurford, Terry A.

“…•Eccentricity stresses cannot reproduce near-equatorial lineaments, even with NSR.•Lineament azimuth variation indicates obliquity and rapid spin pole…”
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Linking Europa’s plume activity to tides, tectonics, and liquid water by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Hurford, Terry A., Roth, Lorenz, Retherford, Kurt

“…•Tidal models with spin pole precession are consistent with Europa’s plume variability.•Our analysis indicates that either active fractures or volatile sources…”
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The interior and orbital evolution of Charon as preserved in its geologic record by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Henning, Wade, Hurford, Terry A., Hamilton, Douglas P.

“…•Tidally-driven fractures could have formed on Charon if its orbit was previously eccentric.•The thickness and viscosity of the ice shell could be constrained…”
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Shell tectonics: A mechanical model for strike-slip displacement on Europa by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Wurman, Gilead, Huff, Eric M., Manga, Michael, Hurford, Terry A.

“…► We have developed a new mechanical model for strike-slip displacement along Europan faults. ► Shell tectonics is a linear elastic model that includes Coulomb…”
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Constraints on Europa’s rotational dynamics from modeling of tidally-driven fractures by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Militzer, Burkhard, Huff, Eric M., Hurford, Terry A., Manga, Michael, Richards, Mark A.

“…Cycloids, arcuate features observed on Europa’s surface, have been interpreted as tensile cracks that form in response to diurnal tidal stress caused by…”
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Strike-slip fault patterns on Europa: Obliquity or polar wander? by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Hurford, Terry A., Manga, Michael

“…► Obliquity is more consistent with strike-slip patterns than slow polar wander ► Non-synchronous rotation is required to reconcile theory with observations ►…”
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The Implications of Tides on the Mimas Ocean Hypothesis by Rhoden, Alyssa Rose, Henning, Wade, Hurford, Terry A., Patthoff, D. Alex, Tajeddine, Radwan

“…We investigate whether a present-day global ocean within Mimas is compatible with the lack of tectonic activity on its surface by computing tidal stresses for…”
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