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If a planet emerges from multiple colliding pieces, that causes its material heat up.

Later, an existing planet is continuously heated by radioactive decay, tidal forces and other effects.

But are planets like the Earth hot because they are

  • still hot from that time and did not cool, or

  • heated later with only minor initial heat, or even

  • both in significant fractions?

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    Neglecting surface heat, as your title says "inside" is dealt with here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_internal_heat_budget –  Feb 12 '20 at 13:42
  • Related recent question: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/530369/123208 – PM 2Ring Feb 12 '20 at 13:53
  • https://cseligman.com/text/planets/magnetism.htm – anna v Feb 12 '20 at 14:16

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