swansont Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 2 hours ago, Moontanman said: Doesn't there need to be a third body involved for tidal heating to work? Io is hot due to the effects of the other galilean moons and Jupiter not because Io is orbiting Jupiter or do I have this completely wrong? I think that it’s present for non-rigid bodies. Deformation from work results in heating 4 hours ago, Schlagzilla31 said: The thing that you're not considering... that NO-ONE'S considering is that the Moon is tidally locked. Since the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth, we'd never see tidal friction caused by a "rotating" body. Dynamic tidal effects from the moon come from the fact that it revolves around the earth. Not from the rotation of the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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