Speculations on the Origin of the Magnetic Field of Mercury
Abstract
The intrinsic magnetic field of Mercury may be generated by a dynamo process in a liquid core, despite the planet's slow rotation rate. It is argued that, provided the core of Mercury is partially liquid, it will be dynamically very similar to that of the Earth.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- January 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0019-1035(77)90132-4
- Bibcode:
- 1977Icar...30..186G
- Keywords:
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- Dynamo Theory;
- Mercury (Planet);
- Planetary Evolution;
- Planetary Magnetic Fields;
- Earth Core;
- Energy Sources;
- Magnetic Dipoles;
- Planetary Rotation;
- Planetary Structure