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This tugging creates friction. And this friction becomes heat, very much in the same way as if you were to rub your hands
together on a cold day, that friction would create heat. And this is what we call
tidal heating. When you take a moon like Io and you stretch it this way
and then let it relax and stretch it this way
and let it relax, the friction inside is
constantly heating up the rock until you reach
the melting point
together on a cold day, that friction would create heat. And this is what we call
tidal heating. When you take a moon like Io and you stretch it this way
and then let it relax and stretch it this way
and let it relax, the friction inside is
constantly heating up the rock until you reach
the melting point
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This tugging creates friction.
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And this friction becomes heat,
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very much in the same way
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as if you were to rub your hands
together on a cold day,
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that friction would create heat.
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And this is what we call
tidal heating.
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When you take a moon like Io
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and you stretch it this way
and then let it relax
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and stretch it this way
and let it relax,
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the friction inside is
constantly heating up the rock
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until you reach
the melting point.
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