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Phew, great explanation thanks!

I know really, I just didn't mention that clearly :rolleyes:

I get that energy in this case is sloshing back and forth from KE to GPE, but then where does the heat in Io's core come from? I assumed that there is force acting on Io which caused a tidal effect on the moon's core, creating friction and heat. So it looks at first glance as if the energy comes...

Thanks for all the interesting replies! I wasn't really expecting this kind of response (maybe it's because I'm used to yahoo and the likes..) Anyway, an answer to what someone said Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that the total angular momentum of Jupiter's system would be lost if...

This question is really starting to bug me!:bugeye: Consider for example Io is orbiting Jupiter and the force of the gravity pulling the moon towards the planet vs the momentum pulling in the other direction creates friction in the moon's core. First of all, this should heat up the moon. But...