In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You'll feel the heat from today’s topic: tidal heating! Tidal heating happens when the gravity of an object is strong enough to flex and bend a planet or moon in orbit around it. All orbiting object cause tides on each other. The …
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You'll feel the heat from today’s topic: tidal heating! Tidal heating happens when the gravity of an object is strong enough to flex and bend a planet or moon in orbit around it. All orbiting object cause tides on each other. The …
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