Tidal heating explains why Jupiter’s moons are far hotter than researchers expect, study claims – Firstpost

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Even though Jupiter is around 778 kilometres away from the Sun, the planet’s moons are hotter than they are expected to be. Jupiter has nearly 80 moons, including Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, which are the four largest.
While it was thought that the extra warmth was provided by the planet itself, a new study now says that they are probably heating up each other.
The new study published in Geophysical Research Letters found that moon-moon interactions…

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