Friday 16 December 2016

Why do tidal forces not violate conservation of energy?



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



Answer




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.


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