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by mystified5016 684 days ago
There's a nearly-negligible amount of heat being created from simple radioactive decay, but essentially all of the heat is just leftover from the formation of the planet.

Which is just nuts to think about. The core is that hot and it has been for billions of years. Incredible.

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The linked wiki article says around 50% of geothermal heat is from radioactive decay