Jupiter's Tidal Force on Its Moon Europa Is Thought to Keep

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Essay

Jupiter's tidal force on its moon Europa is thought to keep Europa's interior hot enough for liquid oceans to exist under its icy surface.How much larger is the tidal force of Jupiter on Europa compared to that of the Earth on the Moon? Europa has a semimajor axis that is 1.7 times the Moon's semimajor axis,and a mass that is 0.7 times that of the Moon.The diameter of Jupiter is 11 times that of the Earth,and the mass of Jupiter is 320 times that of the Earth.

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