Reply to post: tidal heating ?

Pluto has massive underground oceans, say astro-boffins

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tidal heating ?

Although Pluto and Charon are tidally locked and Charon's orbit is pretty circular could the fact that the barycenter lies outside of Pluto cause a form of tidal heating since the gravitational pull of Charon will vary as they both orbit around the barycenter or would the effect be much too small ?

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