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Mercury's molten core
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post May 3 2007, 05:37 PM
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The embargo won't be lifted for a few more hours, but note that the May 4, 2007, issue of Science will have an interesting paper Margot et al. (and accompanying Perspectives piece by Sean Solomon) regarding Mercury and a possible molten core, a paper that also makes the cover.
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post May 5 2007, 03:42 PM
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Could the heating be a result of tidal forces? As I recall, Mercury has a fairly elliptical orbit. It might not be nearly as severe as what Io experiences, but it still might be enough to liquefy the core.
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- AlexBlackwell   Mercury's molten core   May 3 2007, 05:37 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Mercury has molten core, Cornell researcher shows ...   May 3 2007, 06:48 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   NASA Antenna Cuts Mercury to Core, Solves 30 Year ...   May 3 2007, 07:52 PM
- - nprev   Hmm...sulfur enrichment needed...Mercury migrated ...   May 4 2007, 12:29 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   For those who don't have access to Science, or...   May 4 2007, 06:02 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   MESSENGER PI Discusses Significance of News That M...   May 4 2007, 09:35 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ May 4 2007, 02:35 ...   May 5 2007, 06:17 AM
- - nprev   What I find most mysterious is how Mercury could h...   May 5 2007, 04:56 AM
- - edstrick   When they discovered Mercury's mag field from ...   May 5 2007, 06:52 AM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (edstrick @ May 5 2007, 12:52 AM) T...   May 22 2007, 07:51 PM
- - Jeff7   Could the heating be a result of tidal forces? As ...   May 5 2007, 03:42 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ May 5 2007, 05:42 AM) Coul...   May 7 2007, 10:48 PM
- - edstrick   "Could the heating be a result of tidal force...   May 23 2007, 05:33 AM
- - Marz   Looks like more clues to a molten core: http://ww...   Oct 30 2008, 12:32 AM


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