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Old January 31st 10, 01:23 AM posted to sci.physics,sci.astro
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
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Default Jupiter's moon Ganymede melted during the Late Heavy Bombardment

Mike Jr wrote:
"All of Ganymede's rock sank to its center the same way that all the
chocolate chips sink to the bottom of a melted carton of ice cream."
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v...s/ngeo746.html

--Mike Jr.


Adding sci.astro to the list.

So why exactly would Ganymede be bombarded heavily but not Callisto?

Yousuf Khan