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tidal heating

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tidal heating

In astrophysics, process in which one body is heated internally by tidal stresses set up by the gravitational pull of another body. Tidal heating is common among the moons of the giant planets, and is the heat source for volcanic activity on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter.
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