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Snow-Driven Flows

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Some planetary bodies, like Ganymede, contain solid precipitation in their cores.

To mimic these flows, researchers study sugar flakes falling through -- and dissolving in -- water.

Grain size affects the flows through drag (for slow dissolution) and buoyancy (for fast dissolution).

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