What Is the Kelvin-Helmholtz Mechanism

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Multiple Choice

What is the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism?

• A) the tidal flexing which causes Io to be geologically active
• B) a satellite in a non-equatorial orbit will have its orbit gradually shifted toward the equatorial plane
• C) the release of gravitational potential energy as heat when a body contracts
• D) the shift of the spectral peak to longer wavelengths as a body cools off

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