The Galileo spacecraft measured that the moon Ganymede had a magnetic field, indicating that its interior was at least partly melted and warm. What do scientists think is the most likely reason for this

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Scientists think the most likely reason is that it was heated by tidal forces from Jupiter.

What is Tidal force?

This is known as the gravitational effect that stretches an object along the line towards the center of mass of another object as a result of gradient in gravitational field from the other body.

The moon Ganymede having a magnetic field, indicating that its interior was at least partly melted and warm was however as a result of tidal forces from Jupiter which caused the heating.

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