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The Recent Crossing Of The 7:3 Resonance Between Ganymede And Callisto

Summary by astrobiology.com
[astro-ph.EP] Io, Europa and Ganymede are locked in the well-known Laplace resonance, while Callisto is not, even though it is very close to the 7:3 mean motion resonance with Ganymede. When considering the estimated tidal dissipation in the Jovian system and the consequent orbital migration rate of the moons, it follows that the 7:3 resonance should have been encountered around two million years ago. Through accurate numerical simulations, we i…
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astrobiology.com broke the news on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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