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Because the center of the Earth (which is solid) is surrounded by a molten outer core of nickel/iron at a temperature of 6,000C, (as hot as the surface of the Sun). This heat is caused by the radioactive decay of heavy radioactive elements that sank to the core with the iron cascade.

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