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Earth isn't the only planet that gets rocked by giant tsunamis. In fact, giant waves on other planets have helped us solve a few mysteries about our solar system.
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Sources:
Sources:
Philip Nicholson (https://astro.cornell.edu/philip-d-nicholson), planetary scientist at Cornell University
pnas.org/content/117/50/31558
nasa.gov/feature/ames/giant-tsunamis-battered-the-coastlines-of-an-early-martian-ocean
nature.com/articles/srep25106
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL087221
science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/405.abstract
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1413/giant-cloud-disruption-unnoticed-for-35-years-discovered-on-venus
science.sciencemag.org/content/327/5972/1470.abstract
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103516000373
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Earth isn't the only planet that gets rocked by giant tsunamis. In fact, giant waves on other planets have helped us solve a few mysteries about our solar system.
This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The first 1000 people who click the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/scishowspace03211
Hosted by: Reid Reimers
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org
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Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, GrowingViolet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer
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Sources:
Sources:
Philip Nicholson (https://astro.cornell.edu/philip-d-nicholson), planetary scientist at Cornell University
pnas.org/content/117/50/31558
nasa.gov/feature/ames/giant-tsunamis-battered-the-coastlines-of-an-early-martian-ocean
nature.com/articles/srep25106
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL087221
science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/405.abstract
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1413/giant-cloud-disruption-unnoticed-for-35-years-discovered-on-venus
science.sciencemag.org/content/327/5972/1470.abstract
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103516000373
Image Sources
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17173_Titan_resonances_in_Saturn%27s_C_ring.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn%27s_ring_plane.svg
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2016/07/Gravity_waves_on_Venus
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:097_101_surface_date_2016_07_12_04_05.jpg#/media/File:097_101_surface_date_2016_07_12_04_05.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17173_Titan_resonances_in_Saturn%27s_C_ring.jpg#/media/File:PIA17173_Titan_resonances_in_Saturn%27s_C_ring.jpg
