FUBARspecimenT-89B to Ask Astronomy@academy.gardenEnglish · 10 months agoWhy is the Earth's core hot?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the Earth's core hot?FUBARspecimenT-89B to Ask Astronomy@academy.gardenEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareMiss_Understands_BlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoBecause: Radioactive decay. It never lost the heat from when the solar system was chaotic and things crashed into it all the time. 10 miles of solid rock is good insulation.
Because:
Radioactive decay.
It never lost the heat from when the solar system was chaotic and things crashed into it all the time.
10 miles of solid rock is good insulation.