Tidal heating in planets extracts energy from orbital motion

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Tidal heating in planetary bodies taps into orbital energy, converting it to heat while driving orbital evolution such as circularization and migration.

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The retrieved papers consistently describe tidal heating as a process driven by tidal friction that extracts energy from orbital motion, leading to phenomena like orbital decay, circularization, and migration. Therefore, the claim is supported by multiple relevant astrophysical studies.

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Tidal Heating of Earth-like Exoplanets around M Stars: Thermal, Magnetic, and Orbital Evolutions

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P.E. Driscoll, R. Barnes. Tidal Heating of Earth-like Exoplanets around M Stars: Thermal, Magnetic, and Orbital Evolutions. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1325

This study explains how orbital energy is dissipated as tidal heat in planetary interiors, driving inward migration and circularization.

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Spin-orbital Tidal Dynamics and Tidal Heating in the TRAPPIST-1 Multiplanet System

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Valeri V. Makarov, Ciprian T. Berghea, Michael Efroimsky. Spin-orbital Tidal Dynamics and Tidal Heating in the TRAPPIST-1 Multiplanet System. 2018. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab845

This paper models tidal dynamics and shows how tidal dissipation and heating are linked to the evolution of planetary orbits.

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Long-Term Earth-Moon Evolution With High-Level Orbit and Ocean Tide Models.

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Daher H, Arbic BK, Williams JG, Ansong JK, Boggs DH, Müller M, Schindelegger M, Austermann J, Cornuelle BD, Crawford EB, Fringer OB, Lau HCP, Lock SJ, Maloof AC, Menemenlis D, Mitrovica JX, Green JAM, Huber M. Long-Term Earth-Moon Evolution With High-Level Orbit and Ocean Tide Models.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021je006875

This work discusses how Earth-Moon tidal interactions couple over geological time, explicitly linking tidal energy dissipation to changes in the lunar orbit.

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