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Which internal heat source still generates heat within the terrestrial worlds today?
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Which internal heat source still generates heat within the terrestrial worlds today?

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For terrestrial world like earth, it is radioactivity, the decay of radioactive elements. Others such as Io, Jupiter's moon, uses tidal kneading. But I think the answer you're looking for is radioactivity.
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