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Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

By: RAS_WEB
On: October 15, 2018
In: News, RSSfeeds, Universe Today

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting similar to the San Andreas Fault.

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