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Jupiter’s moons are hotter than ever. They heat each other – SwordsToday.ie
At 778 million kilometers (483 million miles) from the Sun, Jupiter’s moons are hotter than they actually are.Most of these extraterrestrials were thought
At 778 million kilometers (483 million miles) from the Sun, Jupiter’s moons are hotter than they actually are.
Most of these extraterrestrials were thought to be Jupiter, but now there is a new theory: they heat up each other.
Jupiter does not act as a roaring campfire of the surrounding moons, but because of its large mass, it pushes its moons away – it generates heat. This is a known effect Tidal heating.
The new model in this latest study looks at warming from moon to moon, finding that th…
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