Letters From Our Readers, July 15, 2024

the Moon
Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech/SETI Institute
Tidal Flexing With respect to “Expedition to Europa” (June 3-16, p. 38) , the statements about the strong tidal effects of Jupiter on the moon seem contradictory. If “Europa is tidally locked, resulting in one hemisphere always facing Jupiter,” as the article states, then the forces of Jupiter’s...

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