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What heat-producing mechanism keeps Io volcanically active? How does this differ from the way in which Earth is heated?

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The heat-producing mechanism that keep lo volcanically active is tidal heating of lo due to tidal friction process between lo and Jupiter. Orbital and rotational energies are dissipated as heat in the crust of lo.

In Earth the main heating source of Earth is radioactive heating, however for Lo it is tidal heating.

Lo is the satellite of Jupiter having a similar mass of the moon. Jupiter is very much massive compared to the Earth. Lo has eccentric orbit around Jupiter unlike Moon's circular orbit around the Earth.

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