What Is the Source of Jupiter's Excess Energy

question 100

Multiple Choice

What is the source of Jupiter's excess energy?

• A) Helium rain falling through its interior
• B) The decay of radioactive elements in its dense core
• C) Nuclear fusion in its hot, sunlike core of hydrogen
• D) The slow escape of gravitational energy released during the planet's formation
• E) The tidal stresses of the large Galilean moons

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