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Will Jupiter's days speed up?
No.
A moon that has an orbit below the synchronous orbit $a_{synch}=\sqrt[3]{GM_{Jupiter}T_{Jupiter}^2/4\pi^2}$ (for Jupiter, 160,000 km) will move around the planet faster than it rotates and hence ...
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