dione geology help

[zhar2]

Well I've hereby trying to work out the inner structure of doomed in order to have some idea of the temperatures that may be encountered corewards (very rough ofcourse).

My starting point was to work out the ice to silicate ratio from the satellites over density incomparion to that of water and silicate. I found that there should be enough silicate to form a core greater than enceladus core and I assumed it had differentiated. But beyond that I can only make assumptions based on enceladus data and its own set of assupmtions.

I'd like to know if there are any other factors I should take into account, currently I'm trying to work out the energy adquired from tidal interaction, but that's turning to be a rather complex endevor too.

Or if any one has any assuptions from a journal about it that I may have Mississippi id be greatly appriciated.

[Hungry4info]

There's also heating from the decay of radioactive elements from within the body.

And perhaps energy from gravitational contraction (which granted, won't be much).

[zhar2]

Though I suppse its limbs hard to account for radioactive decay.

[Fenerit]

Here you can find lots of PDF's about planetary geology:

http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~fnimmo/website/papers.html

[John Van Vliet]

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