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... It's slower/higher, actually. This sort of tidal interaction
has resulted in the tidal spin-orbit locking of most of the large
planetary satellites in the solar system. It is also responsible
for the volcanism on Io and the librating orbital resonance lock
of the inner three Jovian satellites. ...