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Europa is an example of a satellite which is heated by tidal forces. The orbit is constant, so how is energy conserved on Europa?

Mason
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Eventually the title forces will cause the object in this case the moon to have a circular orbit. The closer it gets to a perfectly circular orbit the less title forces there are or at least more constant.

Bill Alsept
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