A planetary core consists of the innermost layers of a planet. Cores may be entirely liquid, or a mixture of solid and liquid layers as is the case in...
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(1997). "Hydrostatic flattening, core structure, and translational mode of the inner core". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 99 (3–4): 195–206...
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Internal structure of the Moon (redirect from Lunar core)
body, being composed of a geochemically distinct crust, mantle, and planetary core. This structure is believed to have resulted from the fractional crystallization...
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energetic ultraviolet radiation from the exposed hot luminous core, called a planetary nebula nucleus (P.N.N.), ionizes the ejected material. Absorbed...
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Planetary migration occurs when a planet or other body in orbit around a star interacts with a disk of gas or planetesimals, resulting in the alteration...
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nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe). It is the main constituent of the "iron" planetary cores and iron meteorites. In chemistry, the acronym NiFe refers to an iron–nickel...
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Geomagnetic reversal (redirect from Flipping of planetary magnetic poles)
molten iron in the planetary core generates electric currents which in turn give rise to magnetic fields. In simulations of planetary dynamos, reversals...
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In planetary science, planetary differentiation is the process by which the chemical elements of a planetary body accumulate in different areas of that...
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S2CID 128528504. Young, C J; Lay, T (1987). "The Core-Mantle Boundary". Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 15 (1): 25–46. Bibcode:1987AREPS..15...
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it for natural resources. Eventually, the planet suffers a catastrophic core collapse brought on by the corporation's employees, wiping out all biological...
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Primary atmosphere (category Planetary atmospheres)
atmosphere can also be initiated from outgassed volatiles from the planetary core and mantle like water vapor and carbon dioxide or from volatiles contributed...
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part of an anticline or syncline Planetary core, the center of a planet Earth's inner core Earth's outer core Stellar core, the region of a star where nuclear...
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conf..582O. Armstrong DJ, Lopez TA, Zhan Z (June 1, 2020). "A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert". Nature. 583 (7814): 39–42. arXiv:2003.10314...
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Magma ocean (category Planetary science)
impacts with other planetary bodies. Magma oceans are integral parts of planetary formation as they facilitate the formation of a core through metal segregation...
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Conduit, and Core—where a fireteam battled Vex, Fallen, Shadow Legion Cabal, and Taken to progress from the surface of Nessus to its planetary core; and Act...
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phases of iron are important as models for the solid parts of planetary cores. The inner core of the Earth is generally assumed to consist essentially of...
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and moons, from their core to their magnetosphere. The best-known research topics of planetary geology deal with the planetary bodies in the near vicinity...
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Nebular hypothesis (redirect from Planetary formation)
explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well as other planetary systems). It suggests the Solar System is formed from gas and dust orbiting...
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Venus (section Planetary protection)
Earth's. The predicted values for the moment of inertia based on planetary models suggest a core radius of 2,900–3,450 km. There is now an estimate of 3,500 km...
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Travel to the Earth's center (redirect from Travel to the Earth's core)
a hollow Earth or Earth's molten core. Planetary scientist David J. Stevenson suggested sending a probe to the core as a thought experiment. Humans have...
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Lopez, Théo A.; Adibekyan, Vardan; et al. (June 1, 2020). "A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert". Nature. 583 (7814): 39–42. arXiv:2003.10314...
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that can be used to "stabilize planetary cores" to prevent a world from exploding ala Krypton. The rare, planetary core stabilizing metal, is only available...
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ice giants in the Solar System: Uranus and Neptune. In astrophysics and planetary science the term "ice" refers to volatile chemical compounds with freezing...
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Hafnium–tungsten dating (category Planetary geology)
been used to suggest that Mars is a primordial planetary embryo. For Earth, models of accretion and core formation are strongly dependent on how much giant...
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Planet (category Planetary science)
Each therefore has a differentiated interior consisting of a dense planetary core surrounded by a mantle that either is or was a fluid. The terrestrial...
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A planetary-mass object (PMO), planemo, or planetary body (sometimes referred to as a world) is, by geophysical definition of celestial objects, any celestial...
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Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to develop and sustain an environment hospitable to life. Life...
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habitable back then, and life on Mars may have been possible. But when the planetary core ceased to generate a magnetic field, solar winds removed the atmosphere...
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A planetary surface is where the solid or liquid material of certain types of astronomical objects contacts the atmosphere or outer space. Planetary surfaces...
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variations of it. Cavendish's result provided additional evidence for a planetary core made of metal, an idea first proposed by Charles Hutton based on his...
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